When I was a kid, there were few things considered genuinely cooler than super-star motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel, A.K.A. Robert Craig Knievel. Exhibiting not only laser like riding precision ...

(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 ...