Ghostbusters' Egon Spengler, Harold Allen Ramis,Dies At 69

Chicago, USA  : Harold Allen Ramis,a famous American comedy actor, director and writer, who was best known as 'Egon Spengler' in Ghostbusters and 'Russell Ziskey' in Stripes, died on Feb. 24,2014 at his Chicago home,due to complications arising from vasculitis. He was 69.It is mentioned that Ramis was contracted an autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis complicated infection in May 2010.

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Name              : Harold Allen Ramis

Age                 : 69 (Nov.21,1944 - Feb. 24, 2014)

Family            : 1st wife- Anne Plotkin (m1967–1984; divorced);
                         Violet(daughter);
                         2nd wife- Erica Mann (m.1989-2014)
                         Julian Arthur & Daniel Hayes (Sons);

                                          Violet Hamis with his father, Harold Allen Ramis

Achievement  :St.Louis Walk of Fame (2004) ,
                        Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Awards(2005)
                     

                    

Acting.....

(1981)Stripes - role as ' Russell Ziskey '

           Heavy Metal - role as ' Zeke '

(1983)National Lampoon's Vacation - role as ' Marty Moose '

(1984)Ghostbusters - role as ' Dr.Egon Spengler '

(1987)Baby Boom - role as ' Steven Bochner '    

(1988)Stealing Home - role as ' Alan Appleby '

(1984)Ghostbusters II - role as ' Dr.Egon Spengler '

(1990)The Earth Day Special - role as ' Dr.Elon Spengler(Brother of Egon) '

(1993)Groundhog Day - role as ' Neurologist '

(1994)Airheads - role as ' Chris Moore '

           Love Affair - role as ' Sheldon Blumenthal '

(1997)As Good As It Gets - role as ' Dr.Martin Bettes '

(2000)High Fidelity - role as ' Rob's Dad '

(2002)Orange County - role as ' Don Durkett '

(2006)The Last Kiss - role as ' Professor Bowler '

(2007)Knocked Up - role as ' Ben's Dad '

           Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story - role as 'L'Chai'm '

(2009)Year One - role as ' Adam '

           Ghostbusters:The Video Game - role as ' Dr.Egon Spengler '

                                                      Dr. Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters

                                                           Russell Ziskey in Stripes

   

Reactions to Harold Allen Ramis's Death.....

 "Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my brilliant, gifted,
funny friend, co-writer/performer and teacher Harold Ramis.". 

—By Dan Aykroyd

"Sad to hear my friend Harold Ramis passed away. 

A brilliant, funny, actor and director.
 A wonderful husband and dad. Big loss to us all."

—Comedian Billy Crytal