If you are anything like me you hear the name Harold Ramis and immediately your mind goes to a number of places. First for me is Dr. Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters, but quickly behind that is the man that directed all-time comedies such as Caddyshack and Groundhog Day and writer of Stripes and Animal House. Today sadness comes to mind as Ramis has passed away at the age of 69.
The Chicago Tribune reports the news saying Ramis died as a result of complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels.
Ramis’ wife, Erica Mann Ramis, tells the paper his serious health struggles began in May 2010 with an infection that led to complications related to the autoimmune disease.
