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Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel (/ ˈ iː v ə l k ə ˈ n iː v ə l /), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. [1]
Jul 31, 2024 · Evel Knievel was an American motorcycle daredevil who captivated audiences with his death-defying stunts. Knievel performed his first motorcycle stunt in his late 20s to stimulate business for a motorcycle shop that he co-owned.
Dec 1, 2007 · Evel Knievel, the hard-living, death-defying adventurer who went from stealing motorcycles to riding them in a series of spectacular airborne stunts in the 1960s and ’70s that brought him...
Evel Knievel jumped a Harley-Davidson XR-750 133 feet on October 25, 1975. Knievel held the record for 19 years.
Apr 2, 2014 · Evel Knievel was an American daredevil who attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Some of the more famous include flying over the fountain at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, jumping...
Dec 1, 2007 · Daredevil Evel Knievel, who dodged death in spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes in a life full of showmanship, died on Friday at age 69, according to his lawyer and a message on his Web site.
Nov 30, 2007 · Evel Knievel, the extreme sportsman who defied death countless times during his career as a motorcycle stuntman, died Friday, his granddaughter announced. He was 69.
Nov 30, 2007 · Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose stunts -- including an attempted leap over Idaho's Snake River Canyon -- made him a popular cultural figure, is dead, according to his Web site,...
Born on this day in 1938, Robert "Evel" Knievel was a stuntman who entertained audiences with his daredevil motorcycle jumps. After his first jump in 1965, Knievel upped the ante,...
Dec 1, 2007 · Evel Knievel, the flamboyant motorcycle stuntman whose thrilling triumphs and spectacular failures enshrined him as America’s consummate daredevil, died Friday in Clearwater, Fla. He was 69.