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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
Harold Ramis
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Harold Ramis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: November 21
Died: 2014
Died: February 24
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Harold Allen Ramis
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