Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel Stuntman Motorcycle Daredevil
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Airborne
The Caesar's Palace jump was not entirely successful. Though he succeeded in clearing the fountain, Knievel crashed his bike on the landing and broke numerous bones and sustained a concussion that would keep him in a coma for 29 days.

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