My last leap, Evel Knievel
Originally published in the Guardian on 27 May 1975
Dennis Barker
The Guardian, Thursday 27 May 2010
Evel Knievel reached a grim end to his career as the world's most spectacular stunt jumper yesterday afternoon when he jumped over 13 side-by-side London buses on his motorcycle, somersaulted off at 80mph just after landing, and finished unconscious with his machine on top of him.... Read More