Ronnie Biggs of Great Train Robbery fame dies at 84

Ronnie Biggs, one of the most famous criminals in British history, helped commit the Great Train Robbery of 1963, broke out of jail, lived on the lam in Brazil and then voluntarily returned in 2001 to Britain and prison.

Full obituary: Ronnie Biggs dies at 84; British criminal helped pull 1963’s ‘Great Train Robbery’

Ronnie Biggs makes a vulgar gesture to waiting photographers as he arrives to attend the funeral of the mastermind of the robbery, Bruce Reynolds, in London.  (Andrew Cowie / AFP/Getty Images)