The American stunt performer set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father.
abc.net.au/news/robbie-knievel-daredevil-son-of-evel-knievel-dies-at-60/101855702American stuntman Robbie Knievel — who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tyre tracks of his thrill-seeking father — has died aged 60.Robbie completed several record-breaking jumps in his careerRobbie Knievel died early on Friday at a hospice in Reno, Nevada, where he was admitted with pancreatic cancer, his brother Kelly Knievel said."He was a great daredevil.
But where Evel Knievel famously almost died from injuries when he crashed his Harley-Davidson during a jump over the Caesars Palace fountains in Las Vegas in 1967, Robbie completed the jump in 1989 using a specially designed Honda.
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