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- Birth name: Robert Craig Knievel, Jr.
- Date of Birth: October 17, 1938
- Died: November 2007
- Spouse: Krystal Kennedy KnievelTheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
- Ex-wife: Linda Joan Bork, divorced in the early 1990sTheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
- Children: Four children, including daredevil Robbie Knievel
- Origin: Butte, Montana
- Resided in Clearwater, Florida
- Started daredevil career in 1965TheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
- Tried to jump an Idaho canyon on a rocket-powered cycleTheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
- Jumped 14 Greyhound buses in Ohio on October 25, 1975TheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
- Suffered nearly 40 broken bones during his stunt career
- Retired in 1980TheStar.com: Remembering 'America's Legendary Daredevil' (December 1, 2008)
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Evel Knievel was a motorcycle daredevil whose death-defying stunts earned him a tribute in Washington, DC's Smithsonian Institute as "America's Legendary Daredevil." Knievel died in November of 2007, at the age of 69.ABC News: FBI File Details Knievel's Dark Side (October 6, 2008)
Nearly a year after his death, the Associated Press reported that Knievel was invested in the 1970s over possible connections to a crime syndicate.ABC News: FBI File Details Knievel's Dark Side (October 6, 2008)
Evel Knievel's FBI Documents
In October 2008, the Associated Press acquired FBI documents which revealed that in the 1970's, the daredevil was under investigation into whether he was involved in a string of beatings. According to the documents, the FBI was about to charge Knievel, but he threatened to sue them for alleging he was connected to a crime syndicate.ABC News: FBI File Details Knievel's Dark Side (October 6, 2008)
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♺ @jeffmcneill: a point in your life when don’t care what people think about you, just care what you think about yourself. -Evel Knievel
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#classicmoviequotes U gonna put on a lil Evel Knievel suit & sell some dimes & nicks on a Big Wheel. U gonna get my money some kinda way!
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True but not what i was thinking lol RT @sportster_rich: jump over the Caesars Palace Fountain like Evel Knievel??? lol I give up what? :)
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@jennihogan jump over the Caesars Palace Fountain like Evel Knievel??? lol I give up what? :)
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RT @PFFORG: Dr. Dan Rose and Krysten Knievel (Grandaughter of Evel Knievel) will be interveiwed... http://bit.ly/5m6tJI
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