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xxx/ellauri087.html on line 560: This week, some of the gloss came off the legend of Evel Knievel.
xxx/ellauri087.html on line 561: Knievel, who died last November aged 69, liked to boast of his chequered past, claiming to have been a safecracker and bank robber before becoming the world’s best-known motorcycle stuntman. He even spent six months in jail at the height of his career in 1977 for attacking with a baseball bat the author of a book about him to which he took exception.
xxx/ellauri087.html on line 563: In 1986 he was arrested for soliciting an undercover policewoman for immoral purposes. In 1995 he was charged with battering his girlfriend Krystal Kennedy after leaving his wife of 35 years. Kennedy declined to testify against Knievel, however, and later married him.
xxx/ellauri087.html on line 566: Knievel earned millions from stunts but it all disappeared through years of financial mismanagement and a gambling addiction that would see him bet $10,000 on the result of a football game.
xxx/ellauri087.html on line 567: He had been in failing health for many years before his death, suffering two strokes, diabetes and the incurable lung disease pulmonary fibrosis. In 1999 he had a liver transplant. As he neared death, Knievel hinted at the dark secrets which remained locked in his heart.
xxx/ellauri087.html on line 568: “I am ready to leave my loved ones,” he said. “My wealth, my fame will amount to naught. My grudges, frustrations, resentments and jealousies will finally disappear.” That hope, which Knievel took to his grave, was dashed by the FBI this week.
xxx/ellauri125.html on line 166: Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress. She joined the entertainment industry as a model at the age of 13, and later rose to prominence and won a Golden Globe for playing the title role in the film Lolita (1962). Her other film appearances included The Night of the Iguana (1964), 7 Women (1966), Tony Rome (1967), and Evel Knievel (1971).
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