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R.I.P. Evel Knievel. The legendary stuntman gave an interview to Maxim magazine shortly before his death last week.

Knievel suffered from the rare lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

“how much can a human body endure? My immune system’s shot. The doctors gave me three years four years ago. I got this disease that’s so rare there’s no cure. I don’t know of anybody else who had it except Marlon Brando.”

He also tells how he “found God” a few months ago in a hotel room:

“All my life I was an atheist,” he says. “I’d tell people I didn’t believe Jesus could walk on water. Then something happened in Daytona. God spoke to me. He said, ‘Robert, you got to stop tellin’ people you don’t believe in me. I been takin’ care of you for years, watchin’ over you. I done everything for you. And you go tell people you don’t believe in me. You gotta stop it.’ ”

Evel puts his hands over his face, then sobs,

“I told God I’d never insult him again.”

Read the full interview HERE