Grant Imahara, one of the hosts of the popular Discovery series MythBusters, has died.
He was 49 years old.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Imahara's cause of death is a brain aneurysm.
"We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant,” a Discovery representative said in a statement on Monday.
“He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”
Imahara graduated from USC with a degree in electrical engineering, and went on to work for LucasFilm’s visual effects division.
He followed that up by joining MythBusters in 2005.
The hit reality show featured the hosts testing out a variety of rumors, urban legends and movie scenes to see if they could were fact or fiction.
Imahara was a part of the show’s secondary Build Team, and provided electrical and robotics expertise.
He exited Mythbusters in 2014 alongside Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
He was 49 years old.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Imahara's cause of death is a brain aneurysm.
"We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant,” a Discovery representative said in a statement on Monday.
“He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”
Imahara graduated from USC with a degree in electrical engineering, and went on to work for LucasFilm’s visual effects division.
He followed that up by joining MythBusters in 2005.
The hit reality show featured the hosts testing out a variety of rumors, urban legends and movie scenes to see if they could were fact or fiction.
Imahara was a part of the show’s secondary Build Team, and provided electrical and robotics expertise.
He exited Mythbusters in 2014 alongside Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
- 7/14/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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