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Actor, filmmaker Harold Ramis dies at 69
+Chicago Tribune: Actor, writer and director Harold Ramis has died at 69, his wife said.
Ramis was best known for his work on “Groundhog Day” and “Ghostbusters.”
His wife Erica Mann Ramis said he died from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels.
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Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, dead at 69
Harold Ramis was one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers when he moved his family from Los Angeles back to the Chicago area in 1996. His career was still thriving, with “Groundhog Day” acquiring almost instant classic status upon its 1993 release and 1984’s “Ghostbusters” ranking among the highest-grossing comedies of all time, but the writer-director wanted to return to the city where he’d launched his career as a Second City perfor…
Aww… we were just watching Ghostbusters yesterday, and thinking how awful it would have been if they'd found anyone else for Egon.
+Kingsley Lintz He was truly awesome in that role.