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
Great Train Robbery of 1963
Great Train Robbery (1963)
Ronnie Biggs