Dead in 2007

[shorebird]

Evel Knievel was the shtein when I was a kid. He had balls as big as grapefruits.



Ceasar's Palace Jump. As I remember it, the landing didn't go too well.

[shorebird]

I'm not sure now about that pic, it almost looks like Robbie's Palace jump, but this one I am sure about.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYGGCVE2lKY

[Diomedes]

The idea that he could ever have landed those jumps is ludicrous.  Those machines had like two inches of suspension travel.

[Phanatic]

He was number three on my list! Sweet... er I mean sad. He was the shtein when we was kids.

[shorebird]

This video has corny music, but shows a lot of his jumps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7IUKyDkDig&feature=related

espnclassic did a thing on him a while back. Maybe they show it again, it was good.

How many of you had the Evel Kneivel motorcycle? I'd say the price for them on ebay will go up a bit.

[Father Demon]

Boo yah.  #13.

And that death moved you into 2nd place, bumping me down to 3rd. 

Welcome to the money, Freddie.

Ass.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

There's still almost a whole month for people to dying.  Say a few Hail Maries to Sean Taylor.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Pimp C

Poker player David "Chip" Reese

[MadMarchHare]

Napoleon Dynamite went apeshtein in Omaha.  Too bad it's far too much trouble to find the good riddance thread.

[QB Eagles]

Karlheinz Stockhausen

[Father Demon]

Ike Turner, 76

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Certainly, he's a good riddance candidate.

[Diomedes]

Meh, I don't hold it against him too much that he whupped Tina Turner a coulple times.  She got more than her revenge by turning him into one of themost hated figures in entertainment.

He was a hugely talented musician; without Ike Turner, we might not have rock and roll.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

That's the only reason he's a candidate and not a slam dunk.

[Diomedes]

which, that he was a talented musician whose contribution was crucial to rock and roll being created, or that he was vilified worse than Mike Vick?