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    Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, has died at the age of 60

    Robbie Knievel, son of famed stuntman Evel Knievel, has died at the age of 60, his brother Kelly Knievel told CBS News on Friday.

    Robbie Knievel died of pancreatic cancer three days later in the hospital.

    “It was expected,” his brother told CBS News. “He was in Reno with her three daughters.”

    According to his biography on his official website, He was known as “Captain Robbie Knievel” and had an adventurous career with 350 jumps and 20 world records.

    Robbie Knievel also performed 30 limousine jumps at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, jumped between the two 13-story Jockey Club towers in Vegas, jumped the Grand Canyon, jumped from a moving train, and five military airplanes jump aboard the USS Intrepid in New York.

    Robbie Knievel followed his father’s path with a lengthy career as a daredevil




    Robbie Knievel

    One of Robbie Knievel’s most notable achievements was jumping the waterfall at Caesars Palace in 1989. It was a stunt his father had attempted two decades earlier in 1967 and failed.

    Robbie Knievel’s last career stunt was in 2011 when he jumped 150 feet from tractor-trailer trucks at Coachella, California.

    Knievel was married once and divorced, his brother said.

    “Daredevils don’t lead easy lives,” his brother said. “But, that’s what they do.”

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    Kelly Knievel said her brother should be remembered for his best performance.

    “He was a great daredevil,” he said. “If you look at his jumps, that’s what he should be known for. It’s what he loved doing.”

    Evel Knievel died in 2007 at the age of 69 after a battle with diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis.

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