Evel Knievel Dead

American Voices

December 4, 2007 | ISSUE 43•49

Legendary stuntman Evel Knievel died at home last week at the age of 69. What do you think?

His spirit will live on in every vacant lot, every row of 13 Pepsi delivery trucks, and every 20-foot-long box filled with rattlesnakes.

Alan Thurber
Taxi Driver
That's too bad. I was rooting for his oxygen to complete the leap over the blood-brain barrier.

Cathy DuBrow
Psychiatric Nurse
Thank God. Now I can finally let my kids watch TV again. Of course, they are in their 40s.

Strom Gustavson
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