Bad timing for Ronnie Biggs

 
Death aged 84: Ronnie Biggs pictured in 1994 promoting his book Odd Man out
18 December 2013

Talk about timing. Ronnie Biggs has died on the day BBC1 shows the first episode of its two-part drama, The Great Train Robbery.

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