The Vox Box

Sun., Dec. 2, 2007

Evel Knievel

The legendary stunt rider has finally died. At the age of 69 he finally gave in to a bout of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It's some sort of lung problem.

Finally, after 40 years of death defying stunts, a legend who didn't give in to gravity, pain, or physics, submits to a lame disease.

On a related note, Ghengis Kahn died when he fell off his horse during a hunting trip. Not even a battle, just some lame hunting trip.

Have any other incredible conquering tough people died lame deaths, it seems like "you-pick The Great" died from some disease instead of a sweet intense battle.

Maybe it's just because nothing intense could kill them, they had to be taken by surprise from something common.

Either way, Evel's dead, here's a web site praising him. Pretty sweet, eh?

Posted Dec. 2, 2007, 4:28 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.