Crashing didn't kill Evel, a lung disease did. Used to wear asbestos fire suits. He was also a notoriously angry guy.
Years ago a friend of mine was working as a golf course groundskeeper in Silicon Valley. He was trying to fix a busted sprinkler and waterline, was deep in a hole, when a golf ball landed in there. He tossed the ball out. Several minutes later, he was startled as a gnarly old man started screaming at him from the edge of a hole. My buddy tried to get out of the hole, but it became apparent that if he did, the old man was gonna take a piece of him off with the golf club he had in his hand. So he gets on the walkie-talkie and calls his supervisor, tells him a crazy old man is standing at the edge of his hole waving a club around. His supervisor says "must be Evel Knievel, he's golfing today!"
