Daredevil Evel Knievel dies at age 69
{{date|November 30, 2007}}
[[Image:At Home With Evel Knievel.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Knievel in 1970 at his [[Florida]] home. {{image credit|1=[http://www.flickr.com/people/44124279284@N01 Sean]}}]]
[[w:Daredevil|Daredevil]] [[w:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]] has died today at the age of 69, according to a family member.

Knievel's granddaughter, Krysten Knievel confirms that he died after his health failed due to [[w:diabetes|diabetes]] and [[w:idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis|idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]]. In 1999 he also underwent a liver transplant after complications from [[w:hepatitis C|hepatitis C]]. He was born Robert Craig Knievel Jr. on October 17, 1938 in [[w:Butte, Montana|Butte, Montana]].

Knievel will likely be most remembered for a failed stunt he tried to perform in [[Idaho]]. He attempted to jump over the Snake River Canyon with a rocket powered motorcycle, which ended in a premature ejection of the parachute and the motorcycle's subsequent fall into the canyon, resulting in minor injuries to Knievel.

"No king or prince has lived a better life. You're looking at a guy who's really done it all. And there are things I wish I had done better, not only for me but for the ones I loved," said Knievel in an Associated Press interview in 2006.

Knievel is survived by four children, ten grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Knievel retired in 1980.

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== Sources ==
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*{{source|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWWuZ0wDGsiJxYa_PFQLAH5qe-AwD8T87UO01
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|date=November 30, 2007}}

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Knievel in 1970 at his Florida home. 
Daredevil Evel Knievel has died today at the age of 69, according to a family member.

Knievel's granddaughter, Krysten Knievel confirms that he died after his health failed due to diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In 1999 he also underwent a liver transplant after complications from hepatitis C. He was born Robert Craig Knievel Jr. on October 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana.

Knievel will likely be most remembered for a failed stunt he tried to perform in Idaho. He attempted to jump over the Snake River Canyon with a rocket powered motorcycle, which ended in a premature ejection of the parachute and the motorcycle's subsequent fall into the canyon, resulting in minor injuries to Knievel.

"No king or prince has lived a better life. You're looking at a guy who's really done it all. And there are things I wish I had done better, not only for me but for the ones I loved," said Knievel in an Associated Press interview in 2006.

Knievel is survived by four children, ten grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Knievel retired in 1980.
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