Evel Knievel settles with Kanye West, then dies days later!

Just days after Evel Knievel and Kanye West worked it out on the trademark damage suit, Knievel dies at the age of 69. Late last year Knievel sued West over the video “Touch the Sky” where West portrayed “Evel Kanyevel” and tried to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon. Knievel failed to get a real rocket over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974. Knievel thought West’s stunt hurt his trademarked image and furthermore said the “vulgar and offensive” images damaged his reputation. He also accused the 29-year-old rapper of using the image to “promote his filth to the world.”