Evel Knievel, dies at the age of 69

twinsrwe · Post by **twinsrwe** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:10 am

Daredevil Evel Knievel, died today at the age of 69. His website, which announced the news, gave no cause of death. http://www.evelknievel.com/

Here are a couple of web site for the lastest news:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22852480-2,00.html
and
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/11/ ... 93089.html

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:17 pm

I think I heard that it was a cerebral hemorhage.

twinsrwe · Post by **twinsrwe** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:09 pm

You may be right, Ellen. I have heard a couple of different causes...

Several web sites have this information: Evel Knievel had been ill for years after contracting Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion many years ago. He also suffered from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.as ... 115253.htm

This web site claims that he died of liver failure after living with hepatitis C for the last 15 years.
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/11/ ... ies-at-69/

I read on a couple of web sites that Billy Rundle, a longtime friend and promoter, stated that Evel had trouble breathing at his Clearwater condominium on Friday and died before an ambulance could get him to a hospital. This statement adds credibility to the web site that states Knievel died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis:
http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/ ... 08698.html

I guess it is going to take some time to get an official cause of death. It would have been nice if Evel's web site had stated a cause of death along with the announcement of his death, although whoever posted this notice would not have had the results of an autopsy at the time the announcement was made.