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Postby NealIsGod » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:31 am

Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?
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Re: OT: Evel Knievel died

Postby Rhiannon » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:33 am

NealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?


Wow... this week sucks. :?
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Re: OT: Evel Knievel died

Postby Behshad » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:37 am

NealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?


Are you including HOTS being banned as part of the bad news for this week, NIG!? :roll:
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Postby ohsherrie » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:40 am

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Postby journeyrock » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:45 am

"WOW" that sucks!
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Postby Greg » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:47 am

I know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead! :?:
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Postby ohsherrie » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:50 am

Greg wrote:I know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead! :?:


Yeah, me too actually. Image (The crying emoticons were sarcastic. :shock:)
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Postby dabstudio » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:32 am

ST. PETERSBURG (Bay News 9) -- Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel has died at the age 69, according to his website.

His granddaughter, Krysten Knievel, confirmed the death.

Knievel was transported to Northside Hospital around 1:20 p.m. Friday for breathing problems.

He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.

He had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills.

His death comes just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.

His exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s.

He lived in the Feather Sound area of Pinellas County.
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:55 am

Damn! I remember when his stunts were popular on tv. Shit, I just gave out my age! :shock:

RIP Evel.....
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Postby Rip Rokken » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:23 am

Yikes! I'd just read a few days ago about his making peace w/Kanye West. Totally unexpected. You know they say celebs often die in threes... I know it's coincidence, but it does seem that way. First Kevin Dubrow, and now Evel Knievel. I hope it stops there for now.

When I was a kid, I had all the Evel Knievel toys, including the Snake River cycle. I remember reading a bit not terribly long ago about some kid that met him a few years back, who admirably described him as "the crustiest man I've ever met." :P The dude said he had a cane with a screw off handle that he kept whiskey or something in... haha!

Really sad, and I'll miss him...
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Postby bluejeangirl76 » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:53 am

Wow...sad.

p.s. sherrie that avatar cracked me up!
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Postby Perrydise » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:20 pm

Thats sad, but there is a man that had about 9 lives
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Postby Aaron » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:31 pm

Dude, that sucks. I loved watching him when I was a kid. He was the reason I started riding when I was a kid. He was cool as shit with red, white and blue. And the dude had balls. He got hosed in a business deal once and beat the shit out of the guy for it with a baseball bat. It cost him 6 months in jail but according to him, it was worth it. Rock on brother and my God rest your soul. RIP Evel Knievel ... :(
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Postby Ms_M » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:34 pm

Greg wrote:I know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead! :?:


Not too bad... My sweetie said the same thing!!

RIP Evel...
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Postby Moon Beam » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:37 pm

Man this is sad...........another piece of my childhood laid to rest.
Thanks for the info Nig I had not a clue he passed.
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Postby johnroxx » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:58 pm

"His death comes just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video."

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Re: OT: Evel Knievel died

Postby Saint John » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:24 pm

NealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?


Everyone dies....I've been told.
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Postby tj » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:31 pm

One of my childhood idols. I had a red, white, and blue bike and I built a wooden ramp to jump the curb with to be like him. Only I wasn't.
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Postby Behshad » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:34 pm

tj wrote:One of my childhood idols. I had a red, white, and blue bike and I built a wooden ramp to jump the curb with to be like him. Only I wasn't.


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Postby X factor » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:49 pm

RipRokken wrote:Yikes! I'd just read a few days ago about his making peace w/Kanye West. Totally unexpected. You know they say celebs often die in threes... I know it's coincidence, but it does seem that way. First Kevin Dubrow, and now Evel Knievel. I hope it stops there for now.

When I was a kid, I had all the Evel Knievel toys, including the Snake River cycle. I remember reading a bit not terribly long ago about some kid that met him a few years back, who admirably described him as "the crustiest man I've ever met." :P The dude said he had a cane with a screw off handle that he kept whiskey or something in... haha!

Really sad, and I'll miss him...


Already had the third- Sean Taylor from the Redskins...it HAS been a bad week!
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