Evel Knievel has died, the news just showed a lot of his crashes. Gary Wells - his number one competitor - I believe is still alive.
Sounds about right. Cheat death for a living, no thanks. Was reading on some motorcycle blog/forum thing, someone is going to try and break the current record-forgotten the figures, one of the current crusty demons anyway. 84 metres? Something nuts, you can guarantee it. Its just insane.