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Grant Imahara, Host of 'MythBusters' and 'White Rabbit Project,' Dies at 49

posted by martyb on Wednesday July 15 2020, @07:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the R.I.P. dept.

LVDOVICVS writes:

Grant Imahara, Host of 'MythBusters' and 'White Rabbit Project,' Dies at 49:

Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer and roboticist who hosted the popular science show MythBusters and Netflix's White Rabbit Project, has died. He was 49.

Imahara died suddenly following a brain aneurysm, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. "We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant. He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family," a representative for Discovery said in a statement on Monday.

An electrical engineer and roboticist by training, he joined Discovery's MythBusters in its third season, replacing Scottie Chapman and was with the show until 2014 when he left with co-hosts Kari Byron and Tory Belleci. The trio would reunite in 2016 for Netflix's White Rabbit Project which lasted for one season. On MythBusters, Imahara used his technical expertise to design and build robots for the show and also operated the computers and electronics needed to test myths.

While part of the Mythbusters team, he sky-dived and drove stunt cars, on film sets he came into contact with some of the most iconic characters in screen history, installing lights onto Star Wars' R2-D2, creating the robot Geoff Peterson for The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and working on the Energizer Bunny.

Also at Washington Post, Variety, Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @08:22AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @08:22AM (#1021773)

    It's sad but true. We can be quite confident that Grant is currently burning in Hell and will continue to do so for all eternity. This is because Grant wasn't born again and didn't accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior before dying. I hope and pray that none of you will make the same terrible mistake. Repent now, before it's too late.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:14AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:14AM (#1021779)

    The Sad Truth

    Gold sinks, shit floats (and trolls S/N or poses as POTUS).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:31AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:31AM (#1021781)

      shit floats (and trolls S/N or poses as POTUS).

      Never again. “I’d vote for a tuna fish sandwich before I’d vote for Donald Trump again.” [rvat.org]

      Must be true [theguardian.com]

      The group is funded by millionaire neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol, who was formerly chief of staff to the vice-president under George HW Bush, but uses testimony from distinctly non-political voices to make an impact.

      Take that for a troll.

      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:34PM (1 child)

        by VLM (445) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:34PM (#1021858)

        neoconservative

        You can just say Jew its OK. Neocon is just a recently invented dogwhistle for Jewish Conservative. Kristol in particular is one of those "Israel first America second" types, and oddly enough those types hate Trump more than any other group despite Trumps infinite pandering to them as if those racists are gonna vote for him.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:58PM (#1022162)

    But the church of Covid-19 body count will definitely accept him, if they could only find a single virus in his body.