Harold Ramis died in 2014 at age 69. As a comedic writer and performer he started with the Second City performers in Chicago, then went on to several National Lampoon’s projects, including The National Lampoon Radio Hour with Bill Murray and John Belushi, The National Lampoon Show with Gilda Radner, Christopher Guest, and Joe Flaherty.
He was the head writer of SCTV from 76 to 79. He helped write Animal House, Meatballs, Stripes, Back to School, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, and Caddyshack which was his directorial debut.
He later directed the first National Lampoon’s Vacation, Bedazzled, Multiplicity, Analyze This, Analyze That, and Groundhog Day. In 2009 he had planned to make a third Ghostbusters, and whether you blame Dan Aykroyd’s insane script titled Ghostbusters: Hellbent where the boys travel to hell, or Bill Murray’s non-committal persona, for this movie’s standstill, I wish we’d gotten to see the real Dr. Egon Spengler one more time.
Upon Ramis’s death, a former US president and Ramis fan released a statement, saying:
"When we watched his movies—from Animal House and Caddyshack to Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day—we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings.”
-Barack Obama
Harold Ramis died in 2014 at age 69. As a comedic writer and performer he started with the Second City performers in Chicago, then went on to several National Lampoon’s projects, including The National Lampoon Radio Hour with Bill Murray and John Belushi, The National Lampoon Show with Gilda Radner, Christopher Guest, and Joe Flaherty.
He was the head writer of SCTV from 76 to 79. He helped write Animal House, Meatballs, Stripes, Back to School, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, and Caddyshack which was his directorial debut.
He later directed the first National Lampoon’s Vacation, Bedazzled, Multiplicity, Analyze This, Analyze That, and Groundhog Day. In 2009 he had planned to make a third Ghostbusters, and whether you blame Dan Aykroyd’s insane script titled Ghostbusters: Hellbent where the boys travel to hell, or Bill Murray’s non-committal persona, for this movie’s standstill, I wish we’d gotten to see the real Dr. Egon Spengler one more time.
Upon Ramis’s death, a former US president and Ramis fan released a statement, saying:
"When we watched his movies—from Animal House and Caddyshack to Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day—we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings.”
-Barack Obama