Few events could draw a crowd quite like classic stuntman Evel Knievel ... In the late 60s, Knievel would become known ...

(CNN)-- Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose stunts -- including an attempted leap over Idaho's Snake River Canyon -- made him a popular cultural figure, is dead, according to his Web site ...

Paramount had no comment. Knievel was a massive pop culture figure in the 1970s for his motorcycle aerial stuntwork, no-fear attitude, and willingness to put his bones and life on the line for his ...