KingVoyeur
12-03-2007, 01:29 PM
From IMDB.com
Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil of the 1970s who became a television talk-show fixture, the subject of two movies about his life, and an action-toy figure, died in Clearwater, FL Friday at age 69. Death was attributed to terminal lung disease. Only two days before his death, Knievel appeared at a news conference with Kanye West to announce that he had settled a lawsuit against the rapper in which he had accused West of using his image to "promote his filth to the world." He told reporters that meeting West changed his mind. "I thought he was a wonderful guy and quite a gentleman," he said as the two posed for pictures in Knievel's living room.
That's really sad, he's an American icon. :(
Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil of the 1970s who became a television talk-show fixture, the subject of two movies about his life, and an action-toy figure, died in Clearwater, FL Friday at age 69. Death was attributed to terminal lung disease. Only two days before his death, Knievel appeared at a news conference with Kanye West to announce that he had settled a lawsuit against the rapper in which he had accused West of using his image to "promote his filth to the world." He told reporters that meeting West changed his mind. "I thought he was a wonderful guy and quite a gentleman," he said as the two posed for pictures in Knievel's living room.
That's really sad, he's an American icon. :(