Written by: John Jackson Miller
12/1/2007 12:00 AM

Very sorry to learn of the passing of another of my childhood heroes, Evel Knievel — as iconic a figure as there was for the 1970s. Watching Wide World of Sports, playing with the Ideal Stuntcycle — even nearly killing my eight-yaer-old self trying to leap my bicycle off a ramp — Evel kept this young fan pretty entertained.

I never got a chance to see him in person, though I did see his son, Robbie Knievel leap some trucks in a casino parking lot a few years ago...

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