MythBusters host Grant Imahara dies suddenly after brain aneurysm
Grant Imahara, who shot to fame for his technical expertise in creating robots on the hit series Mythbusters, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm on Monday.The Discovery rep said in a statement: "We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant."Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family."
The brilliant roboticist, who studied electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, joined the 'The Build Team' as Scottie Chapman's replacement in the third series in 2005, and remained until 2014. Additionally, he worked behind-the-scenes on Galaxy Quest, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Terminator 3.
As part of the Mythbusters team, he "sky-dived and drove stunt cars" and also went on to install "lights onto Star Wars' R2-D2" and create "the robot Geoff Peterson for The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson," according to"I’ve been part of two big families with Grant Imahara over the last 22 years. "Grant was a truly brilliant engineer, artist and performer, but also just such a generous, easygoing, and gentle PERSON.He shot to fame for his technical expertise in creating robots on the hit series MythbustersHe joined the Mythbusters team in 2005Credit: Instagram
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