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Evel Knievel

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Evel Knievel: Biography

  • Birth Name: Robert Craig Knievel
  • Birth Place: Butte, MT
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/17/1938, Libra
  • Date of Death: 11/30/2007
  • Profession: Daredevil
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Evel Knievel Fast Facts:
  • After his parents separated, he and his brother were raised by his grandparents.
  • First daredevil jump was to drum up business at his motorcycle shop.  He jumped over 40 parked cars and crashed into a box of rattlesnakes at the end.
  • Famously crashed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, 1967, and ended up in a coma for a month.
  • During his Snake River Canyon jump in 1974, his parachute deployed early, causing him to drift to the bottom of the canyon floor. He suffered only minor injuries.
  • Hometown Butte celebrates "Evel Knievel Days" every July.
  • Evel Knievel Relationships:
  • Robert Knievel - Father
  • Ann Knievel - Mother
  • Nic Knievel - Brother
  • Ignatius Knievel - Grandfather
  • Emma Knievel - Grandmother
  • Linda Joan Bork - Ex-wife
  • Kelly Knievel - Son
  • Robbie Knievel - Son
  • Tracey McCloud - Daughter
  • Alicia Vincent - Daughter
  • Krystal Kennedy - Ex-wife
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