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Ronald Arthur Ronnie Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English thief known for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 for his escape from prison in 1965 for 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.