Harold Ramis, famous for his films such as "Ghostbusters,""Caddyshack,""Groundhog Day," and "Animal House," died today at age 69 after a battle with an autoimmune disease.
While Ramis was a director, producer, and screeenwriter, his most memorable role as an actor was as Egon Spengler in "Ghostbusters."
And given that the tech world leads, he probably would have been a billionaire.
Unlike Venkman (Bill Murray), the mouth, and Ray (Dan Aykroyd), the dweeb, Spengler was the most brilliant guy on the unit, having engineered their incredible ghostbusting equipment.
He was also a futurist with extremely quirky hobbies.
The following clip shows what we mean:
