Latest News About Ronnie Biggs

Updated 2026-05-12 11:02

Ronnie Biggs died in 2013. The most recent widely reported developments since then were his death and retrospective coverage; there have been no credible, verifiable reports of new activity or news about him since that time. If you’d like, I can summarize the key events of his life and the major obituary coverage from 2013.[7][9]

Sources

Britain frees Great Train Robber Biggs

Ronnie Biggs, notorious for his role in Britain's 1963 Great Train Robbery and 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, was released from custody yesterday to spend his dying days in freedom. Mr Biggs, now seriously ill in hospital, was handed a copy of his...

timesofmalta.com

Ronnie Biggs, 'Great Train Robbery' criminal, dies

After fleeing to Brazil, Biggs lived with impunity until 2001, when he voluntarily returned to Britain and prison. His saga fascinated and repelled the country for nearly half a century.

www.latimes.com

Ronnie Biggs - obituary

Ronnie Biggs, who was one of the criminals involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, has died after a long illness

www.telegraph.co.uk

Biggs behind bars after 35 years

The last fugitive from Britain's Great Train Robbery in 1963 is in jail in London after returning to Britain from his exile in Brazil.

www.rte.ie