Today is a very sad day for movie fans. Harold Ramis has died at age 69 of autoimmune inflammatory disease, a rare disease that involves the swelling of blood vessels.
He directed National Lampoons Vacation, directed and co-wrote Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, and co-wrote Meatballs, Stripes, Ghostbusters, and Animal House. Quite possibly he will be most remembered for portraying Dr. Egon Spengler in both Ghostbusters films (and voicing him in the Ghostbusters video game).
Harold Ramis was a truly talented individual. As a fan of Ghostbusters since childhood, with that group being some of my childhood heroes, this news kind of shook my world a bit. It's very sad. I can't help but wonder if Egon was looking forward to becoming a ghost one day, and I suppose it may be exciting to get to study the Ghost World from the other side. I think the Ghost Busters will make an exception this time, and not bust him.
Farewell, Mr. Ramis, and thank you for enriching mine and so many others' lives. You will be missed.
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