Stunt man Evel Knievel dead at the age of 69

[JonathanBelles]

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.

Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills.

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[mf_dolphin]

A true legend has passed. RIP!

[Cryomaniac]

RIP, it's probably a miracle that he lived this long

[Category 5]

He did so many daring stunts and survived them all, but couldn't beat his health.

R.I.P, you amazed us all.

[Squarethecircle]

The Snake River jump, although it was botched (not by Evel), was probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen. RISP (Rest in Stuntman Peace)!

[Cookiely]

Rest in peace.

[tropicana]

he almost seemed unstoppable

[Ptarmigan]

He cheated death and persisted. RIP Evel Knieval.