For a day or a weekend, these 12 pour on the fun. Make a splash and cool down at these top Chicago area outdoor water parks. Forget indoor pools with fluorescent lights and chlorinated air. With sunshine, high temps and long summer days, it's time to splash around at some of the Chicago area's best outdoor water parks.
Bud Ekins, 77; stuntman did famous motorcycle jump in 'The Great Escape'. October 10, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Bud Ekins, a pioneering champion off-road motorcyclist and a veteran stuntman who doubled for Steve McQueen on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, has died.
Attention, Fonzie fans: Henry Winkler does not ride a motorcycle. While on NBC's Extra, the Happy Days actor admitted that the question he gets asked most often is whether he rides a motorcycle. The answer is that this short Jew does not know how to ride a motorcycle!. Winkler joked.