Evel Knievel, the extreme sportsman who defied death countless times during his career as a motorcycle stuntman, died Friday, his granddaughter announced. He was 69. Longtime friend and promoter Billy ...

On this day in 2007, in Clearwater, a middle-size city on the western coast of Florida, Robert Craig Knievel died after suffering breathing issues following a long bout of pulmonary disease. He was 69 ...

Sitting around a table decades ago with a few friends and even more beers, Robert Craig Knievel was at the height of his fame. The stuntman, better known as Evel Knievel, was still reveling in the ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel has died. He was 69. His exploits, including a failed attempt to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon on a rocket powered cycle made him an ...

It might seem hard to believe now, but there was a time when a cape-wearing man best known for crashing his motorcycle was one of the biggest names in U.S. pop culture. That name: Evel Knievel. With ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in ...

The Evel Knievel Experience is opening June 27 in the Las Vegas Arts District with interactive exhibits, rare memorabilia and immersive stunt experiences tied to the legendary daredevil.

When Tracy Cassel asked Evel Knievel for his autograph at the downtown Spokane Baby Bar back in the early 1980s, he did not realize he was setting groundwork for a close alliance with the legendary ...

Evel Knievel, born Robert Craig Knievel (Oct. 17, 1938 – Nov. 30, 2007), was an American daredevil and entertainer. He performed some of the most death-defying stunts on this 1972 Harley-Davidson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sitting around a table decades ago with a few friends and even more beers, Robert Craig Knievel was at the height of his fame. The ...