![Notorious train robber and criminal turned celebrity Ronnie Biggs died December 18. He was 84. Here, Biggs poses in an undated photo.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218085301-01-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Notorious train robber and criminal turned celebrity Ronnie Biggs died December 18. He was 84. Here, Biggs poses in an undated photo.
![Train cars sit uncoupled at Cheddington Station in England after the robbery.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218085521-02-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Train cars sit uncoupled at Cheddington Station in England after the robbery.
![Biggs is escorted by British police in 1963.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218085635-03-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs is escorted by British police in 1963.
![People walk around Wandsworth Prison the day after Biggs escaped with three other prisoners in 1965. Biggs made his escape by jumping through a hole in the roof of the furniture van shown here, onto mattresses, and then out of the back of the van into a waiting car.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218085820-04-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
People walk around Wandsworth Prison the day after Biggs escaped with three other prisoners in 1965. Biggs made his escape by jumping through a hole in the roof of the furniture van shown here, onto mattresses, and then out of the back of the van into a waiting car.
![Biggs talks with his wife Raimunda in Rio de Janeiro in 1974.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218085942-05-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_3500,h_1969,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs talks with his wife Raimunda in Rio de Janeiro in 1974.
![Biggs flexes for the camera on Copacabana beach in Brazil in 1977.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218090244-06-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_3037,h_1708,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs flexes for the camera on Copacabana beach in Brazil in 1977.
![Biggs sits with his son Michael in Brazil circa 1978.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218091109-11-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs sits with his son Michael in Brazil circa 1978.
![Biggs was featured on a poster from the Sex Pistols movie "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle." Biggs also recorded a song with the band.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218090401-07-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs was featured on a poster from the Sex Pistols movie "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle." Biggs also recorded a song with the band.
![Biggs is escorted by police in London the day he returned in 2001 to the United Kingdom after years on the run.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218090606-08-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs is escorted by police in London the day he returned in 2001 to the United Kingdom after years on the run.
![Biggs and his son Michael attend the launch of his new autobiography "Odd Man Out: The Last Straw" in 2011 in London.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218090814-09-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs and his son Michael attend the launch of his new autobiography "Odd Man Out: The Last Straw" in 2011 in London.
![Biggs arrives at the funeral of the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery, Bruce Reynolds, in London, on March 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131218090927-10-ronnie-biggs-1218.jpg?q=w_4200,h_2362,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs —
Biggs arrives at the funeral of the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery, Bruce Reynolds, in London, on March 20.