Death of Harold Ramis

November 21, 1944 - February 24, 2014
Chicago, Illinois | Age 69

'Ghostbuster' writer, actor dies at 69
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TAMMY WEBBER, The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Harold Ramis, the bespectacled "Ghostbusters" sidekick to Bill Murray whose early grounding in live comedy led to blockbuster movies such as "National Lampoon's Animal House," ''Caddyshack" and "Groundhog Day," died Monday. He was 69.

Ramis, who suffered for several years from an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation and damage to his blood vessels, died at his home in the Chicago suburbs, surrounded by family and...

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