Fabio KTG
Fractal Fanatic
‘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.
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.
