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Hill, Napoleon; Stone, W. (2007). Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude. Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1416541592. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023 . Retrieved March 27, 2022. He had 15 major operations to repair nearly 40 broken bones, including his skull, pelvis, ribs, collarbone, shoulders and hips. He had a titanium hip, aluminium plates in his arms and metal pins holding together many joints. He was in so many accidents he sometimes broke his metal parts in falls. Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel (2007), a television documentary film directed by Nigel Simpkiss. [92] After returning home to the west from Washington, D.C., he joined the motocross circuit and had moderate success, but he still could not make enough money to support his family. In 1962, Knievel broke his collarbone and shoulder in a motocross accident. The doctors said he could not race for at least six months. To help support his family, he switched careers and sold insurance for the Combined Insurance Company of America, working for W. Clement Stone. Stone suggested that Knievel read Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, a book that Stone wrote with Napoleon Hill. [13] Knievel credited much of his later success to Stone and his book. [ citation needed] To keep his name in the news, Knievel proposed his biggest stunt ever, a motorcycle jump across the Grand Canyon. Just five months after his near-fatal crash in Las Vegas, Knievel performed another jump. On May 25, 1968, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Knievel crashed while attempting to jump 15 Ford Mustangs. Knievel ended up breaking his right leg and foot as a result of the crash.

Evel, an upcoming biographical limited series written by Etan Frankel and starring Milo Ventimiglia as Knievel, was searching for a TV network as of 2020 [update]. [94] On April 1, 2007, Knievel appeared on RobertH. Schuller's television program Hour of Power and announced that he "believed in Jesus Christ" for the first time. [74] At his request, he was baptized at a televised congregation at the Crystal Cathedral by Schuller. Knievel's televised testimony triggered mass baptisms at the Crystal Cathedral. [75] Death [ edit ]

Knievel was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in his hometown of Butte, Montana on December 10, 2007, following a funeral at the 7,500-seat [79] Butte Civic Center presided over by Robert H. Schuller with actor Matthew McConaughey giving the eulogy. Before the Monday service, fireworks exploded in the Butte night sky as pallbearers carried Knievel's casket into the center. [80] Posthumous recognition [ edit ]

Evel Knievel exhibit comes to Harley-Davidson Museum". JS Online. June 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010 . Retrieved August 18, 2011. A readymade complete costume set makes this an ideal last minute costume idea and takes out all the hassle. Evel Knievel Baptized at Crystal Cathedral; Rev. Schuller Admires Daredevil's "Possibility Thinking" ". ABC 7. KABC-TV. Associated Press. April 20, 2007. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007 . Retrieved October 4, 2007. Since the 1974 launch, seven daredevils have expressed interest in recreating the jump, including Knievel's two sons, Robbie and Kelly. In 2010, Robbie announced he would recreate the jump. [37] Stuntman Eddie Braun announced he was working with Kelly and Robert Truax's son to recreate the jump using a replica of the Skycycle X-2. [38] Braun's jump took place on September 16, 2016, and was completed successfully. [39] Wembley jump [ edit ] Simpkiss, Nigel (director) (2007). Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel (Television production). Visual Voodoo.

Sexton, Jared Yates (2019). The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making. Counterpoint. ISBN 978-1640091825. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023 . Retrieved November 16, 2021. Potempa, Philip (July 5, 2010). "Off Beat: Evel Knievel remembered and honored with new museum exhibit". NWI times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2010 . Retrieved August 5, 2010. Leigh, Montville (2011). Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p.80. ISBN 978-0385533676. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023 . Retrieved February 1, 2017. Evel Knievel rides into town at head of traveling museum". JS Online. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009 . Retrieved August 5, 2010. Knievel was married twice. He and his wife Linda were married for 38 years. During their marriage, the couple had four children, two boys, Kelly and Robbie, and two girls, Tracey and Alicia. Throughout Kelly's and Robbie's adolescence, they performed at Knievel's stunt shows. Robbie continued into adulthood to perform as a professional motorcycle daredevil. After Evel's death, Kelly has overseen the Knievel legacy, including developing Knievel-related products and assisting Harley-Davidson to develop a museum exhibit. [60] Knievel's courtship and marriage to Linda was the theme of the biopic 1971 film Evel Knievel. Linda and Evel separated in the early 1990s and were divorced in 1997 in San Jose, California. [ citation needed]

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