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Ronnie Biggs

Train robber

Died when: 84 years 132 days (1012 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Ronnie Biggs

Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963.

He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for his various publicity stunts while in exile.

In 2001, Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison, where his health rapidly declined.He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013.


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