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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Saltman#Evel_Knievel_attack
TIL: In 1977 Evel Knievel attacked the president of Fox Sports, Shelley Saltman, with a baseball bat. He was upset over a book that painted an unflattering portrait. Although convicted he served a minimal sentence; multi-million dollar judgment against estate never paid.
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Oh no! Thats another childhood hero devastated. I just thought anyone who would have the best wind up toy made after them had to be of saintly standing
As a kid I always knew he was bad guy because his first name is EVEL! (aka, “Evil” if you’re a kid who can’t read good)
[Evel Knievel (1938-2007)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel)
* [gravestone](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179983286/robert-e.-knievel)
* [Knievel converted to Christianity before his death.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr0I62k4gPE) All sins are forgiven, according to the grace-over-works philosophy.