Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set documents with daredevil motorbike jumps adhering to the tire tracks of his thrill-searching for father — including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 and a Grand Canyon chasm a 10 years later — has died in Nevada, his brother explained. He was 60.
Robbie Knievel died early Friday at a hospice in Reno after battling pancreatic most cancers, Kelly Knievel stated.
“Daredevils never are living quick life,” Kelly Knievel told The Affiliated Press. “He was a fantastic daredevil. Persons don’t truly have an understanding of how terrifying it is what my brother did.”
As a boy, Robbie Knievel commenced on his bicycle to emulate his well-known father, Evel Knievel, who died in 2007 in Clearwater, Florida.
But the place Evel Knievel famously practically died from injuries when he crashed his Harley-Davidson for the duration of a leap around the Caesars Palace fountains in Las Vegas in 1967, Robbie concluded the jump in 1989 applying a specially built Honda.
Robbie Knievel also produced headline-grabbing Las Vegas Strip jumps around a row of limousines in 1998 at the Tropicana Lodge between two properties at the Jockey Club in 1999 and a New Year’s Eve soar amid fireworks in front of a volcano attraction at The Mirage on Dec. 31, 2008.
Immediately after a crash-landing to complete a motorbike leap more than a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon Nationwide Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel observed that his father always required to soar the amazing all-natural landmark in Arizona, but never ever did. Robbie Knievel broke his leg in his crash.
Evel Knievel rather tried to soar more than a mile-large Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. His rocket-powered cycle crashed into the canyon though his escape parachute deployed.
Robbie Knievel’s brother recalled other stunts such as a 2004 jump over a row of armed service plane on the deck of the plane provider USS Intrepid, a museum in New York.
Robbie Knievel, who promoted himself as “Kaptain Robbie Knievel,” established quite a few stunt information, but also failed in various attempts. In 1992, at age 29, he was hurt when he crashed into the 22nd of 25 pickup vehicles lined up throughout a 180-foot (55-meter) span in Cerritos, California.
“Injuries took fairly a toll on him,” Kelly Knievel said Friday.
Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. He claimed his brother died with a few daughters at his facet: Krysten Knievel Hansson of Chicago, Karmen Knievel of Missoula, Montana, and Maria Collins of Waldport, Oregon.
Services have been not quickly scheduled, but Kelly Knievel stated his brother will be buried with other spouse and children associates in Butte, Montana.
