Monday, February 24, 2014

Dead at 69yrs old, Harold Ramis star of 'Ghostbusters' and famous for CaddyShack, Animal House

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/-ghostbusters--actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69-173530161.html
From Yahoo news

Ghostbuster Harold Ramis dies aged 69

Star also directed comedy classics Groundhog Day and Caddyshack.

‘Ghostbusters’ star Harold Ramis has died, aged 69.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting the actor, writer and director, who helmed cult comedy classics including ‘Caddyshack’ and ‘Groundhog Day’, has died aged 69, following complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.

However the Chicago-native was most famous for playing spook-catching scientist Egon Spengler in 1984 movie ‘Ghostbusters’, which he also wrote with co-star Dan Aykroyd

Harold's wife, Erica Mann Ramis, said her husband had succumed to complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, and that Ramis had battled the illness since May 2010.

The comedy great leaves behind a legacy of work, including: 'National Lampoon's Animal House', 'Meatballs', 'Stripes', 'Anaylse This' and 'Ghostbusters II'.

His final movie role was prehistoric comedy 'Year One', which he also wrote, directed and produced, in 2009.
Many stars have paid tribute to the film-maker on Twitter, with Ghostbusters co-star Dan Aykroyd paying his respects via the social network

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