Legendary motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel died Friday, according to evelknievel.com

CNN.com ^ | NOV 30 2007 | CNN

[Tulsa Ramjet]

breaking.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

My gawd. No second chance at Snake River.

[SubGeniusX]

R.I.P Evel

[Red Badger]

Kanye West?...............

[redrunner]

[Red Badger]

In December 2006, Knievel sued rapper Kanye West for trademark infringement in West’s video for Touch the Sky.

The case was later amicably settled on November 28, 2007 for an undisclosed sum of money.

[Abathar]

He just sued and settled with a rapper, I think it was Usher, over him using his name in a song. Interesting guy, life wouldn’t be as fun if there wasn’t a few people like him around.

[gridlock]

I’m amazed he lived this long. Soft landings on the big jump, Evel...

[Abathar]

OOps, it was West, my bad.

[Alter Kaker]

Roger Smith, Sean Taylor, and now Evel Knievel.

You say coincidence... I say conspiracy!

[KarlInOhio]

Good luck on jumping over six buses and the Pearly Gates.

[thackney]

Kanye West should have held out another week.

Kanye West and Evel Knievel Settle Lawsuit
http://blogs.livedaily.com/index.php/main/comments/1316/kanye_west_and_evel_knievel_settle_lawsuit.html

[NonValueAdded]

Ah, Evel, at least it isn’t Rest In Pieces. Thanks for the entertainment and prayers for your loved ones.

[redrunner]

I had one of these!!!!

[VanShuyten]

Motive is there, but need a good conspiracy theorist to tie the details together.

[thackney]

Evel Knievel and Kanye West met at Evel's house to settle the long running dispute

[Toddsterpatriot]

Me too. Good times!

[gridlock]

He probably arrived at the Pearly Gates with three broken bones and a concussion...

[Red Badger]

They had dinner together..........Polonium 210 salad dressing?..........

[Thrownatbirth]

His cremation will put a steel mill back in business.

[mad_as_he$$]

!@@##R$$%*&^%^&#$#! - Had Evel in the dead pool for December.

[Abathar]

With all his broken bones I can’t believe he didn’t work for the National Hurricane Center, he could probably feel a storm coming 3 weeks away....

[eureka!]

We just ordered one for our 7 year old for Christmas. I forget the magazine, but it has a bunch of retro toys....

[skimask]

WOW...bummer. RIP Evil. You were a true patriot too.

[al_c]

LOL!!! I remember one night before Christmas some time ago ... I was awakened by this annoying sound of something revving up and then crashing into stuff. Turns out it was my dad playing with my Evel Knievel toy as he and mom were stashing gifts under the tree.

[Mach5]

My brothers and I would send the Evel stunt cycle off a ramp at the top of a flight of stairs. It was pretty cool watching it go down like a ski jumper.

[dit_xi]

I had one of those, too!

[Constitution Day]

Me too!
And when I got old enough, my friends and I used to jump ditches and creeks on our bicycles, then dirt bikes when we got older.

R.I.P., Evel.

[moehoward]

LOL!!

[paulcissa]

One of my “bigger-than-life” childhood heroes. RIP Evel.

[rfreedom4u]

I did too and wish I still did. At 43 I would still play with it and let my grandkids play too.

[aruanan]

He had already pre-died so many times, I thought he was already dead.

[Big Red Clay]

me too. I used to love setting up a ramp and jumping the motorcycle into the closed garage door.

I was absolutely obssessed with the Snake River jump. I still have the scars on my elbows and knees from setting up ramps and jumping them on my bike. I loved Evel when I was a little kid.

RIP Evel

[colinhester]

Saw every jump he made when I was a kid. Rest in peace, Mr. Knievel...

[EveningStar]

:(

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Whoever thought he'd die of natural causes?

[redrunner]

. He jumped the shark well before the Fonz did...

[hawkeye101]

Viva Knievel!

[Trajan88]

me too.

I met Mr. Knievel in the early/mid 70s... at a dragstrip in Enis, TX... he had his outfit (white leathers and I think he had a cape too) on and did wheelies on his Harley-Davidson (I'll never forget how loud it was). At the meet and greet afterwards... the room had renderings of his future attempt at "jumping" the Snake River.

R.I.P. Mr. Knievel... you'll always be the man.

[JacksonCalhoun]

RIP Evel. More proof that the ‘70s was one fun decade, despite bad fashion and bad economies.

[Pablo64]

Wow. One more icon gone. I remember seeing a documentary of his life and his early days were quite...um....unique. I could be wrong, but I seem to remember something about him being a safecracker or some such during part of his "misspent youth".

One thing for sure, he made a name for himself. There is no other.

[shield]

He’s the Elvis Presley of stunts...RIP EK...

[mylife]

Bummer

[redrunner]

Evel and Pinball... The 70's were pretty cool...

[Daffynition]

WOW! RIP Daredevil! Good show.

[theDentist]

That’s a shame. Thanks Evel. You were entertaining.

[Labyrinthos]

My brothers and I would send the Evel stunt cycle off a ramp at the top of a flight of stairs. It was pretty cool watching it go down like a ski jumper.

That's nothing. In the winter we would build a ramp out of packed snow and ice and jump bales of hay using Flexible Fliers, and in the summer, we jumped over the the little kids in the neigborhood while riding banana bikes over a ramp made from plywood (and broken Flexible Fliers).

[Who dat?]

... Evil throwin’ gang signs...

[Bushbacker1]

May he rest in peace.

[SevenofNine]

OMG I remember that toy

I remember how my brother and his little friends put that poor toy through ringer LOL!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

In December 2006, Knievel sued rapper Kanye West for trademark infringement in West’s video for Touch the Sky.

Evel Knievel didn't care about black people.

But seriously, kudos to this man, who, IIRC, basically cheated death once back in the 1970s.