Grant Imahara, the host of the long-running science present MythBusters and Netflix’s White Rabbit Project, died on the age of 49 on Monday, July 13. Imahara died instantly after a mind aneurysm, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
“We’re heartbroken to listen to this unhappy information about Grant,” Discovery mentioned in assertion to TV Information. “He was an necessary a part of our Discovery household and a extremely great man. Our ideas and prayers exit to his household.”
Imahara was born in Los Angeles and studied electrical engineering on the College of Southern California. After commencement, he labored for Lucasfilm’s THX labs, finally becoming a member of Industrial Gentle and Magic and dealing on animatronics and fashions within the Star Wars prequels (he helped replace the R2-D2 robots), in addition to motion pictures within the Jurassic Park, Matrix, and Terminator franchises, amongst others.
He joined MythBusters in 2005, serving because the present’s co-host and third member of the Construct Crew, alongside Kari Byron and Tory Belleci. Practically a decade later, the trio left the present collectively in 2014, solely to reunite for Netflix’s 10-episode collection White Rabbit Venture. Byron shared photographs of her late co-host on social media on Monday night, writing in one tweet, “Somedays I want I had a time machine.”
Somedays I want I had a time machine. @ToryBelleci @grantimahara pic.twitter.com/o9FRE2l16W
— Kari Byron (@KariByron) July 13, 2020
MythBusters co-star Adam Savage additionally paid tribute on Twitter, writing, “I am at a loss. No phrases. I have been a part of two huge households with Grant Imahara during the last 22 years. Grant was a very sensible engineer, artist and performer, but additionally simply such a beneficiant, easygoing, and mild PERSON. Working with Grant was a lot enjoyable. I am going to miss my good friend.”
I’m at a loss. No phrases. I’ve been a part of two huge households with Grant Imahara during the last 22 years. Grant was a very sensible engineer, artist and performer, but additionally simply such a beneficiant, easygoing, and mild PERSON. Working with Grant was a lot enjoyable. I’ll miss my good friend.
— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) July 14, 2020
Along with MythBusters and White Rabbit, Imahara was enmeshed within the geek popular culture scene, showing in a number of Star Trek fan movies; a Sharknado film; the BattleBots collection; and extra. He even labored on the Energizer Bunny robotic.
In a 2014 article for MakeZine, Imahara wrote that enjoying with Legos at a younger age “helped form the way in which I take a look at fixing issues.” Years later, in highschool, he noticed a glimpse of his future. “I solely realized what an engineer was from a university steering counselor. When she described it, a light-weight clicked on in my head, and I mentioned, ‘Sure, that is what I need to do.’ “
In one other interview with Machine Design, Imahara mentioned engineering got here naturally to him. “After I was a child, I by no means needed to be James Bond,” he mentioned. “I needed to be Q, as a result of he was the man who made all of the devices.”
Costume designer Jennifer Newman, who turned engaged to marry Imahara in 2016, posted a tribute on Twitter. “I have not discovered the phrases. I do not know if I am going to have the ability to. I misplaced part of my coronary heart and soul immediately,” she wrote. “He was so beneficiant and sort, so endlessly candy and so beloved by his unimaginable mates. I really feel so fortunate to have identified him, to have beloved & been beloved by him.”
I have not discovered the phrases. I do not know if I am going to have the ability to. I misplaced part of my coronary heart and soul immediately.
He was so beneficiant and sort, so endlessly candy and so beloved by his unimaginable mates. I really feel so fortunate to have identified him, to have beloved & been beloved by him.
I like you, honey. pic.twitter.com/d7secP1Ols— Jenny N (@Jennernugen) July 14, 2020