Johnny Knoxville writes tribute to Ryan Dunn
(CBS) Johnny Knoxville, in a post on the official "Jackass" blog, writes that words were spinning in his head at friend Ryan Dunn's funeral and he couldn't manage to say anything without crying.
In an effort to explain how he felt about fellow "Jackass" Dunn, who died in a car accident in Pennsylvania on June 20 with passenger Zachary Hartwell, Knoxville took the Internet in a post called, "in memory of ryan, pt. 2--from knoxville with love."
Knoxville writes,
"I felt 34-percent funnier when I was with Ryan, but I guess everyone did. He had such a hair trigger laugh reflex. He lived his life wanting to laugh and wanting you to laugh with him. He would cackle really f**king loud, too, and it wasn't uncommon that he would fall over from it. Sometimes I would fall with him because his spirit was very contagious."
After some tales of Dunn's loyalty and friendship, Knoxville closes with,
"Roger wrote a pretty song for you, but you're not here to listen to it. And I'm hurting!! We all are because we loved you so much and now you're gone. I know your spirit lives on in me, Angie, Bam and everyone you touched, but that's pretty tough to see right now through the tears. I'm starting to ramble now, just like I did at the memorial, so I'll stop. You'll have to excuse me, I'm just very sad because I lost my brother and my world got about 134-percent less funny. I don't know what else to say right now, so I will close with I love you, Ryan. I have a lot of emotions swirling, but I want you to know I love you so very much."
