Evel Knievel, who survived more than 300 death-defying motorcycle jumps, said yesterday he has only months to live unless he receives a liver transplant.
Bloodied numerous times over the years when his spectacular stunts went awry, Knievel contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion somewhere along the way. His condition deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks.
Earl Spencer, younger brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, yesterday opened a Brisbane medical centre in his sister's name.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Research Centre, funded by the Royal Women's Hospital Foundation, will work on problems afflicting premature babies and the ageing process in older women.
Don Johnson (48), star of the CBS television series Nash Bridges, has become engaged to a former San Francisco debutante. Johnson, who has been married four times before - including twice to Melanie Griffith - is to wed Kelley Phleger (29). Phleger, a debutante in 1986, is the daughter of Jean Phleger and the late Atherton Macondray Phleger, a lawyer and board member at Wells Fargo Bank. It will be her first marriage.