Evel Knievel

The legendary stunt rider has finally died. At the age of 69 he finally gave in to a bout of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It’s some sort of lung problem.

Finally, after 40 years of death defying stunts, a legend who didn’t give in to gravity, pain, or physics, submits to a lame disease.

On a related note, Ghengis Kahn died when he fell off his horse during a hunting trip. Not even a battle, just some lame hunting trip.

Have any other incredible conquering tough people died lame deaths, it seems like “you-pick The Great” died from some disease instead of a sweet intense battle.

Maybe it’s just because nothing intense could kill them, they had to be taken by surprise from something common.

Either way, Evel’s dead, here’s a web site praising him. Pretty sweet, eh?