Big Sky Blog

The most famous daredevil of modern America and favorite son of Butte, the legendary Evel Knievel, has died at the age of 69.

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And although some locals aren’t wholly convinced that Knievel is indeed the “favorite son” of Butte, I suspect that Evel will always be remembered well everywhere.

And how many young boys (and girls?) in the 1970s can directly attribute their broken, scraped, and/or bloody limbs and bones to Evel? And still smile about it today?

UPDATE: Billings Gazette blogger Ed Kemmick recalls (and republishes) a letter that he received from Evel Knievel a few years ago.