Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Glory Days of Las Vegas

Evel Knievel

Before the boys of Jackass, Evel Knievel was the ultimate daredevil. Pictured here in 1967, Knievel tried to jump over the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The jump was around 141 feet and Knievel didn’t make it. Knievel crashed and wound up in a coma for 28 days. Not everyone was lucky in Vegas.

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