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[DEAD]Evel Knievel

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by boomboom, Nov 30, 2007.

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  1. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    CNN is reporting via evelknievel.com.


    Thoughts go out to his family. This guy was the original badass that my friends and I wanted to be on our dirtbikes when we were kids. And the interview with Jim Rome was classic. Super Dave Osborne is weeping a tear today.
     
    #1 boomboom, Nov 30, 2007
  2. ClutchCityReturns

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    "D'you know who the hell I am?"

    damn you, macaluuuuuu!
     
    #2 ClutchCityReturns, Nov 30, 2007
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  3. bladeage

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  4. macalu

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    no, how the hell are you?

    but i do know who you are.
     
    #4 macalu, Nov 30, 2007
  5. juicystream

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    #5 juicystream, Nov 30, 2007
  6. ClutchCityReturns

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    Any guesses as to who the other 2 are gonna be? Always happens in 3's, you know.
     
    #6 ClutchCityReturns, Nov 30, 2007
  7. MR. MEOWGI

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  8. rrj_gamz

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    RIP....I remember watching him when I was a kid...That dude was nuts....
     
    #8 rrj_gamz, Nov 30, 2007
  9. ima_drummer2k

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    RIP

    My favorite toy ever:

    [​IMG]
     
    #9 ima_drummer2k, Nov 30, 2007
  10. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    RIP...although I thought he was already dead. 69 is a ripe old age for what he did to his body.

    That thing was awesome! Evil ruled my early childhood!
     
    #10 Xerobull, Nov 30, 2007
  11. WildSweet&Cool

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    Wow. He just got through suing Kanye West.
     
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  12. Nero

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    Evel.


    I knew he was going to be dead pretty soon. He died of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, which is what my father died of in 1995. No cure, your body just wastes away, until your internal organs simply shut down. No known cause, but I hope to hell it's not hereditary.
     
    #12 Nero, Nov 30, 2007
  13. Miguel

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    Sean Taylor

    There was another recently as well.
     
    #13 Miguel, Nov 30, 2007
  14. macalu

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    christ, how long does that take?
     
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  15. Nero

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    It took about 5 years. He waited on a list for a lung transplant for about 2 of those years, but his turn never came.

    He was only 52 at the time.

    Ah well. It's not cancer, but it may as well have been.
     
    #15 Nero, Nov 30, 2007
  16. WildSweet&Cool

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    Sounds like marriage.
     
    #16 WildSweet&Cool, Nov 30, 2007
  17. ClutchCityReturns

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    D'oh! Totally forgot about it, although I'm not sure how that's possible with the constant talk about it on sports radio the past few days.

    So, who's the other recent one? Anybody remember?
     
    #17 ClutchCityReturns, Nov 30, 2007
  18. count_dough-ku

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    He had another classic line in that Rome interview about women being the root of all evil.


    R.I.P. Evel
     
    #18 count_dough-ku, Nov 30, 2007
  19. Hilltopper

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    Actually I heard they made peace with is just a few days ago. Maybe Knievel knew something.
     
    #19 Hilltopper, Nov 30, 2007
  20. VooDooPope

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    Dude was the original bad ass.

    Every dirt bike jumping X-game punk should be worshiping at the Evel Knievel alter.
     
    #20 VooDooPope, Nov 30, 2007
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