The Stars of ‘Ghostbusters’: Where Are They Now? (2024)

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Harold Allen Ramis (/ˈreɪmɪs/; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films.

The cast reunited for the sequel film "Ghostbusters II" in 1989 and then reunited in 2021 for the movie "Ghostbusters: Afterlife." Murray and the rest of the original crew, who are now in their 70s, joked about feeling their age while working on the movie.

The Ghostbusters: "We're ready to believe you!"

Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore are four Ghostbusters who are part detectives and exterminators who chases ghosts who terrorize the city and the people of New York.

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation and destruction of blood vessels. Harold Allen Ramis, a famous American actor, director, writer, and comedian, died on the February 24, 2014, of complications of an autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the eldest daughter of the late Harold Ramis — Violet Ramis Stiel — talked about how Reitman brought Egon Spengler back for one last Ghostbusters adventure. Depicted as an eccentric recluse, Spengler is killed off by Gozer at the beginning of the story.

On Monday, Ramis was surrounded by family in his North Shore home when he died at 12:53 a.m. of complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, said his wife, Erica Mann Ramis. He was 69.

He stopped acting to raise his children.

"It wasn't a formal decision," he said. "It began in an already busy year where I declined a film that was being shot out of town as the school year was beginning. But I was fortunate to be able to continue to make a living writing and doing voice work in Manhattan."

Age is the largest factor causing Egon to having transition from active ghost hunting to a mentorship role; in one episode where the original Ghostbusters guest starred on an episode the audience clearly sees middle adulthood has affected the speed and weakened the stamina of the original Ghostbusters.

As the title "Ghostbusters" was legally restricted by the 1970s children's show The Ghost Busters, owned by Universal Studios, several alternatives titles were considered, including "Ghoststoppers", "Ghostbreakers", and "Ghostsmashers".

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Played By Rick Moranis In Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II

In 1997, following his late wife's passing a few years earlier, Moranis decided to take a long hiatus from acting to devote time to the pair's children.

Ghostbusters has been such a huge part of our popular-culture for the last 30 years that it's easy to overlook what it represented at the time. In June 1984, when the film opened in theaters, Bill Murray was only 33 years old. Dan Aykroyd was just 31 and director Ivan Reitman was 37.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Murray earned around earned approximately $125 million from the first two Ghostbusters movies plus a $15 million payment for his appearance in Ghostbusters Afterlife - more than double the fee he received for Scrooged.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which serves as a direct sequel to the original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, opens with a portrayal of Spengler's death.

In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, after the closure of the Ghostbusters business following Egon's theft of the Ecto-1 and the majority of their equipment, Venkman returned to teaching at SUNY Cortland, becoming a Professor of Advertising, indicating that he has earned an advanced degree in business education and marketing.

In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Harold Ramis' Egon Spengler is first seen attempting to outrun and trap Gozer in the opening sequence before ultimately being killed by an insidious mist that prompts his heart to fail.

These all influenced Ghostbusters. Today, he credits his neurodivergent nature for helping him creatively. Delightfully, two main Ghostbusters characters, Ray Stanz and Egon Spengler, are canonically portrayed as Autistic in the films.