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\"Harold<\/a>
Harold Ramis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harold Ramis, 69, passed away February 24th<\/sup> in his Chicago home after losing a four-year battle with vasculitis, an autoimmune disease. Ramis is best known for playing Dr. Egon Spengler in both Ghostbusters<\/i> and Ghostbusters 2<\/i>, but you are probably familiar with a lot more of his work and didn\u2019t even know it.<\/p>\n

In addition to acting in the Ghostbusters<\/i> films, Ramis also co-wrote the script with Dan Aykroyd, but his involvement with the franchise didn\u2019t end there. He also wrote for the Ghostbusters<\/i> video games, The Real Ghostbusters<\/i> and the Extreme Ghostbusters<\/i> TV Shows and he had planned on writing a reunion script for Ghostbusters 3<\/i> as well. Sadly, that never came to be.<\/p>\n

Ramis\u2019 background is as varied as his current resume. He got his start is comedy as a joke editor and review for Playboy<\/i> magazine. In 1969, he became part of Chicago\u2019s Second City Improvisational Theatre Troupe and in 1976, he became the head writer and performer for SCTV<\/i>, sort of a Canadian version of Saturday Night Live<\/i>. He frequently took small roles in his films and cast many of his friends from Second City Alumni in his films including Bill Murray, Rick Moranis and John Belushi. His first movie to write for was 1978 raunchy comedy Animal House<\/i> followed by Meatballs<\/i>, Caddyshack<\/i> and Stripes<\/i>, each starring Bill Murray. His first directing role was for Caddyshack<\/i> and his last was four episodes for NBC\u2019s The Office<\/i>. Most of his films were hits, but he did have a few flops including 2000\u2019s Bedazzled<\/i> and 2009\u2019s Year One<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: Columbia Pictures<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ramis was involved in pretty much every area of filmmaking including acting, writing, directing and producing. He wrote or co-wrote what some consider to modern comedy movie classics. His movies ranged from the raunchy to fairly tame. It can be argued that Ramis\u2019 greatest work has to have been 1993\u2019s Groundhog Day<\/i>, which he served as producer and director as well. Co-written by Danny Rubin, it starred Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell about a self-absorbed guy stuck to relive the same day until he learns his lesson. It is said that Murray wasn\u2019t happy with it because he wanted the story to be more philosophical, but Ramis just wanted it be a comedy.<\/p>\n

Born in Chicago and finished out his life there too, Harold Ramis is survived by his wife, Erica Ramos; sons Julian and Daniel; daughter, Violet, and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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