Grant Imahara, Mythbusters Host, Humdrum at 49

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Grant Imahara, the electrical engineer and roboticist excellent know for his work on the actuality sequence MythBusters, has died on the age of 49. Essentially based mostly totally on The Hollywood Reporter, he died impulsively following a brain aneurysm. “We are heartbroken to listen to this sad news about Grant,” Discovery, which hosted MythBusters from 2003 to 2016, acknowledged in an announcement confirming his demise. “He used to be a extraordinarily important segment of our Discovery household and a extraordinarily preferrred man. Our suggestions and prayers exit to his household.”

Earlier than his onscreen work helping create MythBusters’ many advanced experiments starting in 2005, Imahara worked at Lucasfilm’s THX and Industrial Gentle and Magic, offering effects for movies cherish Galaxy Quest, The Phantom Menace, Assault of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and The Matrix Reloaded, amongst others. In 2010, he created and operated robot sidekick Geoff Peterson on The Slack Slack Set up With Craig Ferguson. After exiting MythBusters in 2014, Imahara appeared on Netflix’s hang science-based mostly totally actuality sequence White Rabbit Mission in 2016.

On Monday evening, Imahara used to be remembered by his former castmates on social media. “I’m at a loss,” MythBusters co-neatly-known person Adam Savage wrote on Twitter. “No phrases. I’ve been segment of two substantial families with Grant Imahara over the relaxation 22 years. Grant used to be a if truth be told neutral correct engineer, artist and performer, but additionally staunch one of these beneficiant, easygoing, and light-weight PERSON. Working with Grant used to be so unheard of relaxing. I’ll trudge away out my neutral correct friend.”