Ronald Biggs

Ronald Biggs

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Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was one of the men who planned and carried 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, he returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison, where his health rapidly declined. Biggs was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013.

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Ronald Biggs was born on Thursday, 8 August 1929 in Lambeth, London, England. He was best known as a criminal. Biggs' country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 in Barnet, London, England at the age of 84. He had blue eyes and salt and pepper hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Leo.

You can find people similar to Ronald Biggs by visiting our lists 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel and Inmates of HM Prison Belmarsh.

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8 August 1929
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Lambeth, London, England
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18 December 2013
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Barnet, London, England
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Thief, carpenter
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I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train.

Ronald Biggs is known for his role in the TV series Revealed (2002) as Self.

He is also known for his role in the TV series The 11 O'Clock Show (1998) as Self.

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