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>> I COLLECT SPORES, MOLDS AND
FUNGUS.
>> HAROLD RAMIS HAS DIED
STARRING IN GHOST BUSTERS.
HE FOUND HOLLYWOOD ACCLAIM
BEHIND THE CAMERA AS A DIRECTOR.
HE DIED IN HIS CHICAGO HOME
SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.
HE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM
A RARE DISEASE HE BATTLED FOR
FOUR YEARS.
IT WAS AUTOIMMUNE INFLAMMATORY
VASCULITIS THAT INVOLVED
SWELLING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS.
A.J. HAMMER, WHEN THIS CROSSED,
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE WHO YOU GOING
TO CALL?
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN
GHOST BUSTERS?
87?
I HAVE.
>> IT'S SO ICONIC.
I THINK HOW HE WAS PART OF SO
MANY MORE FILMS THAN PEOPLE HAD
ANY IDEA OF.
HE WAS IN THE MOST ENDURING
COMEDIES AND THE WRITING TEAM
THAT WAS PART OF ANIMAL HOUSE.
HE LAUNCHED HIS CAREER AND JOHN
BELUSHI HAS A HUGE STAR.
HE CORODS STRIPES.
HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR GHOST
BUSTERS.
HE COWROTE AND HAD THE STARRING
THAT WE JUST SAW.
IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER.
HE HAS DIRECTING CREDIT FROM
CADDYSHACK AND NATIONAL
LAMPOON'S VACATION.
GROUNDHOG DAY THAT I HAVE SEEN
OVER AND OVER.
ANALYZE THIS AS WELL.
BEFORE HE GOT HIS MOVIE CAREER
ROLLING, HE WAS THE HEAD WRITER
AND PERFORMER ON TELEVISION BACK
IN 1976.
HE DIRECT AND SEES THE OFFICE
AND THE 2009 COMEDY YEAR THAT
STARRED JACK BLACK.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER SEEING HIM
OPPOSITE SETH ROGAN AND BOX
OFFICE HIT KNOCKED UP.
HE WAS IN THAT FILM.
THEY ARE AMONG THOSE WHO
CONSIDER HOW RAMIS WAS A KEY
INSPIRATION IN THE CAREER.
HE GOT A HUGE NUMBER OF
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND REWARDS.
HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF A COMEDY
AWARD.
DESPITE THE AMAZING CAREER, YOU
THINK OF THE CREDITS, THIS WAS A
GUY WHO WAS NEVER AFFECTED IN
ANY HOLLYWOOD KIND OF WAY.
THAT'S UNUSUAL.
>> HE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A
HOLLYWOOD GUY.
YOU MENTION THE SECOND CITY TV.
IS THAT WHERE HIS CHICAGO ROOTS
COME OUT IN FAVOR OF CHICAGO
OVER L.A.?
>> THAT'S WHY CHICAGO -- IN
ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS
BORN THERE, THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT PLACE AND HE MOVED
BACK IN 1996.
HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIM
TO RETURN TO THIS TOWN BECAUSE I
LOVE THIS QUOTE.
THERE IS A PRIDE IN WHAT I DO
THAT OTHER PEOPLE SHARE BECAUSE
I'M LOCAL WHICH IN L.A. IS
MEANINGLESS.