Robbie Knievel

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Robbie Knievel, stuntman son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60 (CBSSports.com)

Robbie Knievel followed in his father's footsteps and became a prolific daredevil in his own right. Also known as Kaptain Robbie Knievel, he managed to pull off ...

That was a stunt his father had tried and failed over two decades earlier in 1967. "If you look at his jumps, that's what he should be known for. "It was expected," Kelly said.

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Stuntman Robbie Knievel, 60 - SPEED SPORT (SPEED SPORT)

Second-generation stuntman Robbie Knievel died Friday morning after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 60.

Known to many as Kaptain Robbie Knievel, he was the son of legendary stuntman and thrill show master Evel Knievel. Following in his father’s footsteps he made his first bike jumps when he was 4 years old and went on to perform more than 350 jumps during his career. He set numerous records, including jumping the fountains at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in 1989.

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Robbie Knievel, a Motorcycle Daredevil Like His Father, Dies at 60 (The New York Times)

Mr. Knievel followed his father, Evel Knievel, into the high-flying, bone-shattering world of motorcycle stunts, jumping the Grand Canyon, a steam train and ...

“My dad struggled with the idea of passing the baton to me,” Mr. “He saw me as one of the many competitors who were trying to outjump him, but in reality I was his biggest fan.” Knievel wrote that he became so anxious that he developed a fever, but he remembered his father’s advice: “It’s normal for you to be nervous. But Evel Knievel remained an enduring influence in his life. Robbie Knievel would entertain crowds with “wheelie shows,” he wrote in the essay, riding around on his back tire before his father’s jumps. Robert Edward Knievel was born on May 7, 1962, in Butte, Mont. Robbie Knievel’s jumps, like his father’s, resulted in many cracked bones, including several vertebrae. Knievel told reporters afterward, a thumb hanging from his leather “RK” belt buckle, The Las Vegas Sun reported. [more than 200 feet over 30 limousines](https://apnews.com/article/a7978b5406822d84742fb88069f0d535) at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. “I had never seen him so emotional.” Knievel, decked out in a star-spangled, white-leather suit, vaulted 150 feet over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Mr.

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Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60 (KTVH)

Robbie Knievel, son of legendary stuntman Evel Knievel, has died at the age of 60, his brother, Kelly Knievel told CBS News on Friday.

"If you look at his jumps, that's what he should be known for. "Daredevils don't live easy lives," his brother said. "It was expected," his brother told CBS News.

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Evel Knievel's daredevil son Robbie Knievel dies at 60 (1 News)

"Daredevils don't live easy lives," said the American stunt performer's brother Kelly Kneivel.

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 61-metre chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did.

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Stuntman Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, dies after cancer ... (Fox 56)

The son of legendary daredevil Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, died on Friday morning after a cancer battle, TMZ reports.

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Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel ... (RNZ)

American stuntman Robbie Knievel - who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tyre tracks of his thrill-seeking father - has died aged ...

After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 61-meter chasm outside the Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did. As a boy, Robbie Knievel began on his bicycle to emulate his famous father, Evel Knievel, who died in 2007 in Clearwater, Florida. Robbie Knievel died early on Friday at a hospice in Reno, Nevada, where he was admitted with pancreatic cancer, his brother Kelly Knievel said.

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Record-Setting Daredevil Robbie Knievel Dead at 60 (Vulture)

Kaptain Robbie Knievel, the stunt performer who followed in the daredevil footsteps of his father Evel Knievel, has died at age 60.

Don’t do this,’” Knievel recalled in a [1998 interview.](https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/13/robbie-knievel-dead-at-60-made-record-jump-at-oneida-casino-in-1998/69806492007/) “But when you have 50,000 people cheering you on and you grew up with that guy, who was almost superhuman, I said, ‘That’s what I want to do.’” Knievel went on to complete some jumps that even his dad hadn’t been able to clear, including the Caesars Palace fountains in Las Vegas. “My dad used to sit in the back of the ambulance and say to my older brother and I, ‘Look at me. According to his official [website](http://www.legendofknievel.com/#), the stunt performer also known as “Kaptain Robbie Knievel” logged 350 jumps and 20 world records over the course of his career.

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