American motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel has died aged 69.
The international icon of the 1970s gained fame for his jumps over buses, live sharks and Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
Knievel had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.
In 1999 the stuntman had a liver transplant after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion following one of his bone-shattering crashes.
In his heyday, the flamboyant showman toured the US in his red, white and blue leather jumpsuit, performing ever more daring stunts.
Evel Kneivel most recently settled out of court with rapper Kanye West, who portrayed himself as 'Evel Kanyevel’ in a music video which re-enacted the legendary Snake Cayon Skycycle jump Evel undertook.
In Kneivel's entire career he has spent a total of three and a half years in hospital.
London Bikers would like to send their thoughts to Robert Knievel's family.
A reminder of one of many stunts carried out by Evel Knievel...
