Knievel’s body returns for burial
From Times Wire Reports
Fireworks exploded over the mining town of Butte as the body of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel arrived for a funeral expected to draw thousands.
Knievel will be remembered in a service today as his hometown celebrates the life of the legendary stuntman who sped motorcycles over the local mine dumps as a boy.
Knievel died Nov. 30 in Clearwater, Fla. He was 69.
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