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Harold Ramis, ‘Caddyshack’ writer, ‘Ghostbusters’ actor, dies

Harold Ramis - Source: AP

Harold Ramis – Source: AP

Harold Ramis, who co-wrote and appeared as Dr. Egon Spengler in “Ghostbusters” with Second City alums Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, has died.

Ramis suffered from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a disease that causes swelling in the blood vessels, and died from complications of the illness surrounded by his family

He also co-wrote “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “Meatballs” and directed such films as “Caddyshack” and “Groundhog Day.” – via The AP on PilotOnline.com and Variety.

Good-bye, Egon. Let us celebrate Ramis’ life with 25 of the funnies quotes from “Ghostbusters”:

Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead

Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP

Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP

Movie fans lost a good one.

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose — in the bathroom with a hypodermic needle still in his arm — inside a Greenwich Village home on Sunday morning, cops said.

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R.I.P. other guy in the car

His name was Roger Rodas. He had an 8-year old son who tried to pull is dad from the wreckage.

rip other guy

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan in the “The Green Mile.” 

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan

He died while being hospitalized following a July heart attack. He was 54.