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As a child Evel Knievel (1938-2007)tricks on his bicycle, and by the time, he was nine, he that he wanted to be a stuntman. After the school in Butte, Montana, he a job with a local mining company as a driver of a large earth mover. While he tricks in the massive machine, including pulling a wheelie, he control andinto a power line leaving the city without power for several hours.
Knievel's first motorcycle jump over a six-meter box with lions and rattlesnake in it. After he only two shows, Knievelhis first serious accident, which left him in hospital for a month.
In order to keep the audience excited, and to stay ahead of his rivals, Knievel started performing longer and more dangerous jumps. After crashing during a show in Las Vegas, Knievel into a coma that lasted 29 days.
In spite if the crashes, or perhaps as a result of them, Knievel more famous that ever, and much more, too. By the time he retired in 1981, Knievel a total of 37 bones.