A sad passing; but he, of all people, can say that he really did live first.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7122258.stm
RIP
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69 wow
time flies :-(
RIP from me too
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This is sad. Had not thought about him since the seventies until I saw the news only a few days ago when there was something on the news about him settling a law suit with a musician (Kanye West?).
Forgive any typos as I am using my iPod to reply :-)
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Same age as me, and not many people would have the chutzpah to call themselves 'Evel'.
Good fun as far as I can see, RIP.
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Absolutley barking mad. The world is a boring place without them and there seems to be less and less of them left.
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Agree on the barking mad comment! Would any one else do what he did? Apart from members of his family.
Still on the iPod :-)
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"there seems to be less and less of them left"
fewer of them left
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"there seems to be less and less of them left"
fewer of them left
... maybe less, in Evel's case.
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Absolutley barking mad. The world is a boring place without them and there seems to
WRONG boys wrong. There are many of them. They are called Politicians!
MD
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Sad news, he was a massive figure in the seventies.
I believe there is a programme over the Christmas period called "Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel". I have it bookmarked as a must watch.
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I'm sure I read somewhere that he chose his name after he shared a prison cell with someone called Awful Knawful.
Nuts but glorious.
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There are many of them. They are called Politicians!
Where can we go please to watch our elected representatives being fired into some colossal void on rocket-propelled mopeds?
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i would pay to watch..........
even if i had to pay via a friend :-)
Edited by bell boy on 01/12/2007 at 12:24
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even if i had to pay via a friend :-)
But they might have to give the money back when they found out who you were bb :o}
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I heard this on the radio, but they failed to say what caused it (which was what I really wanted to know!)
Somehow it reminds me of Ken Dodd's defence against the Inland Revenue, when his lawyer asked the hapless IR rep what he had ever done in his life to make people happier. Fortunately, some people do...
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"..diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs"
apparently.
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He had bashed himself about quite a bit, in more ways than one.
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im surprised he died of natural causes considering his day job, but any way R.I.P A TRUE ENTERTAINER
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