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The legendary stuntman Evel Knievel attempted more than 75 jumps ... Evel knew he wasn’t gonna make the jump at Wembley, but he said he was going to do it, so he went and he jumped it anyway.

Sarno, the oldest child of the Caesars Palace and Circus Circus founder, straightened the record of Evel Knievel’s infamous jump over the Caesars fountains on New Year’s Eve, 1967. To cut to ...

(CNN)-- Evel Knievel ... his stunts perennial ratings-grabbers. Knievel's most famous stunt was probably an attempt to jump the quarter-mile wide Snake River Canyon in 1974 on his rocket-powered ...

In 1977, if you’d asked me to name four important things, I’d have said: that Evel Knievel broke every bone in his body at least once; that Evel Knievel’s nickname was inspired by a ...

Stuntman Robbie Knievel ... often doing dramatic jumps on his motorcycle. In 1989, he completed a stunt that was once attempted by his father. According to the AP, Evel was unable to complete ...

"I Am Evel Knievel" features footage of Evel's greatest jumps, including the seminal Snake River Canyon and Caesars Palace jumps. The film also showcases Knievel's rise from a small town rebel in ...