In one of the most iconic motorcycle stunts ever, Evel Knievel
attempted his longest jump—141 feet—over the Caesars
Palace fountain in Las Vegas. He missed the landing at
90 mph, sustaining serious injuries. But his global fame
soared.

Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007)

Knievel died on the way to a hospital in Clearwater, Florida. He had
been suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for
many years. He was 69. 

Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.

“Michael J. Fox (second from right) with his stunt doubles
on the set of Back To The Future 2 – 1989.”

Anna "Annie" Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921)

On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie
Edson Taylor became the first person to successfully take the
plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born
Taylor  moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City,
Michigan, around 1898. In July 1901, while reading an article
about the       


Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, she learned of the growing popularity of two enormous waterfalls located on the border of
upstate New York and Canada. Strapped for cash and seeking
fame, Taylor came up with the perfect attention-getting stunt:
She would go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Her motives were financial but she never made much money
from her adventure. She died penniless and her funeral was
paid for by public donations. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)   

Stewart Robert "Bob" Einstein (November 20, 1942 – January 2, 2019)

(Variety) – Bob Einstein, an offbeat comedian and writer whose career 
stretched from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” to “Curb Your
Enthusiasm,” has died.

Einstein died Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif. He had been recently diagnosed with cancer.

Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave Osborne,
The World’s Greatest Daredevil Stuntman.

Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz/Harry Weiss)
(March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926)

Houdini was a magician and escape artist whose most difficult stunt entailed
escaping from handcuffs that took a locksmith five years to build.

In his youth, he took a job as a trapeze artist under the name Ehrich, the
Prince of the Air, and was a successful cross-country runner. Houdini made
several movies, but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also
was an accomplished aviator (below), and aimed to become the first man to
fly a plane in Australia.