DAREDEVIL DIES.EVEL Knievel, the hard-living US motorcycle daredevil who jumped over 13 buses at Wembley Stadium in the 1970s, has died. He was 69. His death was confirmed by his grandaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Idiopathic interstitial fibrosis of lung Pulmonology An idiopathic condition characterized by scarring and fibrosis of alveolar septae more common in middle-aged men, possibly related to collagen vascular disease, with positive , an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. Knievel had undergone a liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, probably contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills. Long-time friend and promoter Billy Rundle said Knievel had trouble breathing at his Florida condominium and died last night before an ambulance could get him to a hospital. Knievel was best known for a failed 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon Snake River Canyon may refer to one of three geographical areas on the Snake River in the western United States:
CAPTION(S): THRILLING STUNTS: Knievel attempted ever more dangerous jumps over the years; FAILING HEALTH: Knievel last year |
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