Dare-angel

Legendary daredevil Evel Knievel died yesterday at the age of 69.

Amazing how the death of a man who broke almost every bone in his body at least once during his stunts was due to unrelated medical causes. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. He also nearly died from hepatitis C before undergoing a liver transplant in 1999.

Robert Craig Knievel attempted many motorbike stunts during the 1970s. His 1974 attempt (and failure) to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon was one of the most notable stunts of all time, and his televised ventures accounted for four of the top 20 most-watched ABC's Wide World of Sports events of all time.

"No king or prince has lived a better life. You're looking at a guy who's really done it all. And there are things I wish I had done better, not only for me but for the ones I loved." --Knievel in an Associated Press interview in 2006.

Knievel is survived by 4 children, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.