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I just read that Harold Ramis of GHOSTBUSTERS fame has passed away at the age of 69. RIP Mr Ramis: see you on the other side.  :bluesad: :bluesad:

Noooo!   Egon was my childhood hero! 


This... this one's rough.  I mean, people say they feel sad when a celebrity dies sometimes, but this guy, he wasn't just an actor I LIKED.  He meant something to me. 

He was the guy that made it bearable when I learned I'd have to start wearing glasses. 

Damn...

Very sad news.  Great, funny actor and director.

Awww,dammit! I love that guy! Actor,writer,director,producer.....such a comedy talent. R.I.P.,dude.

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RIP Egon. Thank you for the memories  :bluesad:

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"Ghostbusters" is among my favorite comedies, and we watch "Groundhog Day" every year.  

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That.  Is wonderful.  Harold Ramis really meant something to me, too.  Egon was one of the few fictional characters I met who were like me and not the butt of mean spirited jokes.  Egon was a damned HERO, who was smart, socially awkward, wore glasses, had trouble dealing with girls, and wasn't Hollywood-pretty.  He used his brains, not his brawn.  Egon Spengler was an inspiration to me.  RIP, Harold Ramis, and I hope you knew how much a character you created meant to guys like me.

Those are my two favorites as well. Those, and Stripes (1981), specifically my favorite line out of that movie: "No, we're not homosexuals. But we are willing to learn!"

R.I.P. Harold Ramis! You always had the innate ability to make me laugh, and that is a simple enough reason for me.  :cheers:

Damn.

Just...damn.

I never really 'care' when a celebrity passes.  I don't know them on a personal level.  But his movies literally were my life...Ghostbusters, Groundhog, Vacation, so many.

I know what you mean. 

There's so much of my life that I've actually modeled after Egon Spengler. 

Most of the time, a celebrity dies and you just say "Oh, that's so sad," but I was literally crying earlier over the loss of this man.

I still remember watching him on SCTV back in the late 70's. Some of my favorite movies of all time will ever be Stripes, and Ghostbusters. R.I.P. Mr. Ramis your one of my favorite talented celebrity. :bluesad:

I was looking at that, wondering exactly what that was and all of a sudden it hit me - Egon walking away with Slimer - and I started to cry.

RIP Mr Ramis.  :bluesad: :bluesad: :bluesad: :bluesad:

 :bluesad: An all-time favourite of mine especially as Egon Spengler. R.I.P.

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Such a bummer. I've never set foot on a golf course in my life, but I can quote "Caddyshack" chapter and verse...and of course "Ghostbusters" and "Animal House" are perennial faves.

I was lucky enough to see all four Ghostbusters in the flesh in late 1988. A buddy and I stumbled across a location filming for a scene in "Ghostbusters II" in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. My friend and I were part of the crowd behind a barrier, about ten feet away from the 'busters and the ECTO-1 mobile. We hung out there for several hours while they shot the scene again and again. For all I know I might be in the background in the actual movie but I've never been able to pick myself out of the crowd... 

I recently intro'd my sons (ages 6 and 11) to the Ghostbusters films and they love'em. My 11 year old quotes from the movie all the time. We're gonna have to re-watch 'em sometime soon in honor of Dr. Spengler.

This guy never really got his due. His writing credits alone read like my entire childhood/teenage movie menu:

Meatballs
Caddyshack
Stripes
Back to School
Club Paradise
Armed and Dangerous
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day

Sad that he and Bill Murray had a falling out after Groundhog Day. I don’t know if they ever made up.