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Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law — the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings.
Mourners began gathering Monday for the funeral of Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil who helped put his hometown on the map with death-defying stunts and near-fatal crashes that made him an international icon.
The final tribute to Evel Knievel will include a fireworks show and a funeral officiated by the televangelist Robert H. Schuller, the family of the motorcycle stuntman.
Of all the bones Evel Knievel broke over the years, the costliest may have been the left arm of a PR man by the name of Shelly Saltman. Saltman won $12.75 million in damages against Knievel after the motorcycle daredevil attacked him with a baseball bat in 1977 in a rage over a book Saltman had written about the showman.
Evel Knievel's hard life killed him — it just took longer than he or anyone else might have expected. The hard-living motorcycle daredevil, whose bone-breaking, rocket-powered jumps and stunts made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
Evel Knievel and Kanye West have worked it out. The 69-year-old iconic motorcycle daredevil said he and West met at his Clearwater condo recently. They settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.
Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.
Evel Knievel, 69, Daredevil on a Motorcycle, DiesMr. Knievel was a hard-living, death-defying adventurer whose spectacular airborne stunts brought him worldwide fame as the quintessential daredevil performer.
Obituary: Evel KnievelEvel Knievel always insisted reports suggesting every bone in his body had been broken during his career were an exaggeration. But, in the 20 years that his motorcycle stunts thrilled crowds across the US, he certainly damaged most of them.
Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At Age 69 CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
US daredevil Evel Knievel diesLegendary US daredevil Evel Knievel has died at the age of 69, his granddaughter has said.
'Ocean's' guys in disguise Danny Ocean and his crew of crooks are seeking revenge in this summer's Ocean's Thirteen, opening June 8, and they're going incognito to get the job done. "People liked the disguises from the first movie, so we decided to bring them back," says producer Jerry Weintraub.
Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West!In the grand tradition of Rosa Parks vs. Outkast and Mariah Carey vs.
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