BrentA: Still Cherish Evel’s Autograph
I met Evel in Coeur d'Alene before one of his annual rides around the lake, which I was writing about for The Press. It might have been 1998. It was the only time I "crossed the line" from journalist to fan and asked for an autograph from someone I was interviewing for the paper. I've never been starstruck but being around Evel Knievel was truly being close to an American legend. And he was so nice, too. On one of his business cards Evel wrote, "To Brent, Happy Landings, Evel Knievel." The card goes everywhere with me; it's one of my favorite things. Evel was a good person, demonstrated quite recently by the fact that he forgave the rapper Kayne West before he died. I guess that was one of his last acts. "Happy Landings," Evel. RIP/Brent Andrews.
