Ronnie Biggs

Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was a British robber. He is took part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. The robbery happened on his birthday. 

Biggs was born in Stockwell, Lambeth, London. He escaped from prison in 1965 and lived as a fugitive for 36 years. In 2001, he chose to return to the United Kingdom and spent the next eight years in prison. 

Biggs was released from prison on compassionate grounds on 6 August 2009. He died in Barnet, London, aged 84.  His cause of death was not released.

References

Other websites
Biggs' own web site
Guardian photo gallery of Biggs
"The Big One: Ronald Biggs and the Great Train Robbery" , Crime Library
Obituary  at the Daily Telegraph

Category:1929 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Criminals from London
Category:People from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Disease-related deaths in England
Category:Great Train Robbers