Harold Ramis has died

[93JC]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/harold-ramis-dead-at-69-starred-in-ghostbusters-sctv-1.2549414

Actor, writer and filmmaker Harold Ramis, the Ghostbusters star whose comedy credits include Groundhog Day and the National Lampoon films, has died at age 69.

Ramis died early Monday morning at his Chicago-area home, surrounded by family and friends, according to a statement from his Los Angeles representatives, United Talent Agency.

Ramis died of complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a condition that affects blood vessels he had battled for the past four years.

 

[TickTock]

So weird, Ghostbusters was on in the bar I was in last night and we were talking about him.

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

This has made me sadder than the death of just about anyone else I admired. I loved his comedy. It brilliantly walked the line between broad and subversive. It appealed to nearly everyone while being unique and identifiably his.

 

[93JC]

A little too soon perhaps but I like to think Harold Ramis was the sort of person who would find a little humour even in his own passing.

 

[gromit]

 

[Lexicon]

A little too soon perhaps but I like to think Harold Ramis was the sort of person who would find a little humour even in his own passing.

As some comedian aptly put: "If a Twinkie represents amount of grief I feel when someone dies, Harold Ramis' death would be a Twinkie 35 feet long weighing 600 pounds."

 

[93JC]

As some comedian aptly put: "If a Twinkie represents amount of grief I feel when someone dies, Harold Ramis' death would be a Twinkie 35 feet long weighing 600 pounds."

That's a big Twinkie...

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[93JC]

 

[Cygnus]

That's a big Twinkie...

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Twinkie for Pinkie.

 

[PuddleRiver]

I can't believe he was 69! He's always had a timeless quality about him to me. This is a real loss.