A question though. Did his dad prematurely pull the chute when he jumped the Snake River in his rocket or was it a malfunction?
Think I’ll see both of them in Heaven.
As I understand it survivability rate for pancreatic cancer is only around 5%.
A death sentence to be sure.
Same for Patrick Swayze and Michael Landon IIRC.
The Rifftrax of Evel’s 70s movie ‘Viva Knievel’ is one of their best. RIP to son.
RIP. Tough way to make a living.
I think he accidentally pulled it.
Sad.RIP.
Don't remember much about Robbie.
It's actually amazing that the two of them died of natural causes, despite all the death-defying stunts they pulled over the years.
Trivia: After a police chase in 1956, in which he crashed his motorcycle, Knievel was taken to jail on a charge of reckless driving. When the night jailer came around to check roll call, he noted Robert Knievel in one cell and William Knofel in another. Knofel was well known as “Awful Knofel” (“awful” rhyming with “Knofel”) so Knievel began to be referred to as Evel Knievel (“Evel” rhyming with “Knievel”). He chose this misspelling because of his last name and because he didn’t want to be considered “evil”.
Malfunction. The chute deploying early almost killed him, if he’d landed in the water that would have been it, there was no fast exit from that thing, especially not unaided.
we will never see the likes of the Knievel's again...
God speed..
Jumping 32 busses and right through the Pearly Gates...
Well, this may actually be a legit death, no matter the jab history.
I’m a Super Dave Osbourne fan myself.