Robbie Knievel

Robbie Knievel, a record-breaking stunt performer and the son of the stuntman Evel Knievel, died of pancreatic cancer, his brother confirmed.

In 1992, at age 29, he was injured when he crashed into the 22nd of 25 pickup trucks lined up across a 180-foot (55-meter) span in Cerritos, California. "He was a great daredevil. He was with his three daughters.

Robbie Knievel's father, the legendary stuntman Evel Knievel, died in 2007.

"If you look at his jumps, that's what he should be known for. "Daredevils don't live easy lives," his brother said. "It was expected," his brother told CBS News.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking ...

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did.

Following in his stuntman father's footsteps, Robbie Knievel performed a number of high-profile motorcycle jumps over his career.

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did.

Mr. Knievel followed his father, Evel Knievel, into the high-flying, bone-shattering world of motorcycle stunts, jumping the Grand Canyon, a steam train and ...

“My dad struggled with the idea of passing the baton to me,” Mr. “He saw me as one of the many competitors who were trying to outjump him, but in reality I was his biggest fan.” Knievel wrote that he became so anxious that he developed a fever, but he remembered his father’s advice: “It’s normal for you to be nervous. But Evel Knievel remained an enduring influence in his life. Robbie Knievel would entertain crowds with “wheelie shows,” he wrote in the essay, riding around on his back tire before his father’s jumps. Robert Edward Knievel was born on May 7, 1962, in Butte, Mont. Robbie Knievel’s jumps, like his father’s, resulted in many cracked bones, including several vertebrae. Knievel told reporters afterward, a thumb hanging from his leather “RK” belt buckle, The Las Vegas Sun reported. [more than 200 feet over 30 limousines](https://apnews.com/article/a7978b5406822d84742fb88069f0d535) at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. “I had never seen him so emotional.” Knievel, decked out in a star-spangled, white-leather suit, vaulted 150 feet over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Mr.

Robbie Knievel died early Friday at a hospice in Reno after battling pancreatic cancer, his brother said.

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did.

Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father, ...

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did.

Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father, ...

Kelly Knievel lives in Las Vegas. After a crash-landing to complete a motorcycle leap over a 220-foot (61-meter) chasm at an Indian reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park in 1999, Robbie Knievel noted that his father always wanted to jump the spectacular natural landmark in Arizona, but never did. Evel Knievel instead attempted to soar over a mile-wide Snake River Canyon chasm in Idaho in September 1974. In 1992, at age 29, he was injured when he crashed into the 22nd of 25 pickup trucks lined up across a 180-foot (55-meter) span in Cerritos, California. "Daredevils don't live easy lives," Kelly Knievel told The Associated Press. People don't really understand how scary it is what my brother did."

Robbie Knievel, son of legendary stuntman Evel Knievel, has died at the age of 60, his brother, Kelly Knievel told CBS News on Friday.

"If you look at his jumps, that's what he should be known for. "Daredevils don't live easy lives," his brother said. "It was expected," his brother told CBS News.