# Why is Harold Ramis in a wheelchair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865 "2012-08-08T15:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/1 "2012-08-08T15:26:39Z")
I tried Cafe Society and got nowhere. Maybe the denizens of this forum will be better at sussing out an answer: We saw him at Ravinia last week in a wheelchair. I poked around on the web for a bit and couldn’t find anything. What’s the SD? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/2 "2012-08-08T15:33:17Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/3 "2012-08-08T15:35:32Z")
Cite? For what? My seeing him in a wheelchair? I don’t know what information you’re seeking. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/4 "2012-08-08T15:40:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Having an outdoor movie night for Leukemia, and saw Harold Ramis at lunch, almost asked him to attend, but he was in a wheelchair and felt, he might have other things on his mind. [http://www.quora.com/How-do-celebrities-identify-and-choose-charities-to-support/answer/Ashton-Kutcher/comment/459250](http://www.quora.com/How-do-celebrities-identify-and-choose-charities-to-support/answer/Ashton-Kutcher/comment/459250) Looks like someone else saw him in a wheelchair, too. The above is from a June 2011 blog post. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/5 "2012-08-08T15:48:15Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Cite? Or are you asking if I’m sure I was at Ravinia, or if it was really me? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/6 "2012-08-08T15:52:50Z")
> [@CC](#): > > Or are you asking if I’m sure I was at Ravinia, or if it was really me? 😛 I was looking for some other source establishing that he was, in fact, in a wheelchair. I spent a few seconds searching without success before asking for a cite. Not that I didn’t believe you, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/7 "2012-08-08T15:58:12Z")
Reading the OP a second time, a better initial reply from me would’ve been, “He is? Wow. I searched a little and also couldn’t find any info.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/8 "2012-08-08T16:08:15Z")
Searching brought me several references to him being in a wheelchair, but no reasons why. Apparently he has gained an enormous amount of weight, which could be his disability, or a symptom of it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/9 "2012-08-08T16:11:33Z")
No idea about the wheelchair, but in his more recent photos he looks like he’s prepping for the lead role in a Jerry Garcia biopic. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/10 "2012-08-08T16:55:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > No idea about the wheelchair, but in his more recent photos he looks like he’s prepping for the lead role in a Jerry Garcia biopic. Man, [you ain’t just whistlin’ “Dixie!”](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=harold+ramis+weight&num=10&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=678&tbm=isch&tbnid=YBgi07CBVHGnOM:&imgrefurl=http://www.starscolor.com/592-harold-ramis.html&docid=NrzoZ82aEE8CDM&imgurl=http://www.starscolor.com/images/harold-ramis-01.jpg&w=220&h=246&ei=ypkiUMbJIMSs0AGg3YCIBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=124&vpy=183&dur=4055&hovh=196&hovw=176&tx=83&ty=114&sig=118336440354104095351&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=148&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0,i:107) ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/11 "2012-08-08T16:58:53Z")
Yeah, this is pretty much the direction my post in Cafe Society went, too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harold-ramis-in-a-wheelchair/630865/12 "2012-08-08T17:11:20Z")
> [@CC](#): > > I tried Cafe Society and got nowhere. [Moderator Note] Please don’t start threads in multiple forums. If you think you started a thread in the wrong forum, you can ask a moderator to move it. However, in this case I think Cafe Society would have been the best forum. I am closing this one. Colibri General Question Moderator