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Title: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: Colchester Kev on December 01, 2007, 12:59:24 PM Legend of many a 40 somethings childhood ... I remember saturday nights watching all the build ups to one of his stunts .. and i had the action figures and everything LOL ... RIP Mr.Kneivel.
Title: Re: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: Delboy on December 01, 2007, 01:38:19 PM He was my sporting hero when I was about 7.
I had the Action figure too... with his stunt bike. RIP EK Title: Re: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: reenot on December 01, 2007, 02:25:10 PM Had hours of fun with the stunt bike, one of the very few toys that actually done what was shown in the adverts. Also sent him into space on the end of a rocket one firework night and found him on a roof about 9 years later!!
R.I.P Title: Re: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: Bainn on December 01, 2007, 04:39:51 PM Legend of many a 40 somethings childhood ... I remember saturday nights watching all the build ups to one of his stunts .. and i had the action figures and everything LOL ... RIP Mr.Kneivel. Blimey, I thought you were older than that... Title: Re: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: taximan007 on December 01, 2007, 05:45:39 PM Another of our childhood heroes takes their leave.
I liked this quote from his friend/promoter: Longtime friend and promoter Billy Rundle said Knievel had trouble breathing at his Clearwater condominium and died before an ambulance could get him to a hospital. "It's been coming for years, but you just don't expect it. Superman just doesn't die, right?" said Rundle, RIP Title: Re: Evel Knievel ... RIP Post by: turny on December 03, 2007, 01:07:06 AM every schoolboy in the 70s and 80s wanted to be knieval!
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