Famous American stuntman Robbie Knievel passed away on Friday at the age of 60. American media reports that he suffered from pancreatic cancer. Kaptain Robbie Knievel, as he called himself, was the son of stunt legend Evel Knievel. Like his father, he gained fame by jumping over all kinds of obstacles with his motorcycle.
He made one of his most famous jumps in 1989, when he jumped over the fountain in front of Caesar’s Palace hotel in Las Vegas. The 150-foot jump was a tribute to his father, who crashed in 1967 and broke several bones trying to do the same.
The city in the Mojave Desert provided a rewarding stage for Knievel Jr. in 1998 he floated 200 feet on his motorcycle over 30 limousines parked in front of the Tropicana Hotel. And a year later he jumped from one tower to the next at the Jockey Club hotel, without a safety net but with fireworks exploding around him.
Robbie Knievel’s stunts didn’t always end happily. In 1999, after a jump over the Grand Canyon, he landed unhappily and broke several ribs. “I am lucky to still be able to walk,” he wrote of his many injuries in an essay about his father, who died in 2007 at age 69.
Robbie Knievel was 8 when he first performed with his father. He tried different career paths several times, but always returned to the motorcycle.
Lost another legend😔Rest In Paradise, Robbie Knievel pic.twitter.com/Gsq0GQGdM4
— Richard Ray Rawlings (@RRRawlings) January 13, 2023