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RIP Grant Imahara
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July 14, 2020, 10:50:44 AM
https://www.cnet.com/news/mythbusters-host-grant-imahara-has-died-aged-49/
What terrible news to wake up to...
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July 14, 2020, 10:51:24 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-53401026
So sad... I remember watching this guy in Mythbusters and thinking "I want to be like him when I grow up".
Others also know him from Battlebots.
Others still have seen his special effects work in movies.
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July 14, 2020, 10:52:13 AM
So sad... I remember watching this guy in Mythbusters and thinking "I want to be like him when I grow up".
Others also know him from Battlebots.
Others still have seen his special effects work in movies.
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July 14, 2020, 11:24:15 AM
Sad news indeed, RIP
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July 14, 2020, 11:48:51 AM
I just read this to.. Really sad
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July 14, 2020, 12:21:40 PM
Wow. The first time I saw him was on Junkyard Wars as part of the Industrial Light & Magic crew. He headed a team that built a giant R2D2 to compete against the Jim Henson Muppet crew and another special effects team I can no longer remember.
I am a bit gutted by this one.
https://www.grunge.com/161254/the-untold-truth-of-grant-imahara-from-mythbusters/
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July 14, 2020, 12:22:38 PM
Others know him as one of the few authorized controllers for R2-D2....
Others know him for touring the supply facilities for McDonalds and debunking rumors about their food....
I am absolutely shattered over the loss of Grant Imahara. I've never met the man, but I still feel like I have lost a close and dear friend.
I can't say how much I had hoped this was the latest celebrity death hoax.
RIP Grant. Say hi to Kenny Baker for me.
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July 14, 2020, 12:29:28 PM
I logged in this morning to start this exact thread and I see there are two of them already. If that doesn't show how important Grant was to the DIY community at large, the tool users of the world, I don't know what could.
I'm personally quite shaken at the loss. While I would mourn the loss of any Mythbuster, I have to say that I think I identified with Grant more than any other- perhaps because of the obvious namesake, but I like to think that he always seemed to be the odd man out- Adam and Jamie were always a team, and Tory and Kari always seemed closer than either of them were to Grant. I thought that dynamic even continued into the White Rabbit Project.
Whether imagined or not, ibwas always a huge fan of his, from robot fighting to Mythbusters to McDonalds to White Rabbit Project to Star Trek Renegades to Star Wars..... and I can't help but think that he was a nly beginning to make his mark on the world.
RIP Grant. You will absolutely be missed.
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July 14, 2020, 01:23:14 PM
I can absolutely say that Grant Imahara was... And IS, an inspiration to me, and doubtless to many others around the world.
By that metric, he had a good life, as cut short as it was.
Hooked, like everyone else.
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July 14, 2020, 01:42:40 PM
Sad news !
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July 14, 2020, 01:45:42 PM
RIP Grant.
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July 14, 2020, 02:04:59 PM
Sad news
R.I.P Grant.
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July 14, 2020, 03:19:30 PM
A punch to the stomach. Watched Mythbusters with my son. Happier times. He was a good man.
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July 14, 2020, 03:34:58 PM
R.I.P. Grant, I used to love Mythbusters
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July 14, 2020, 08:03:28 PM
So sad to hear about this.
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July 15, 2020, 12:32:50 AM
R.I.P.
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July 15, 2020, 12:51:46 AM
shock of the day... Rest in peace...
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July 15, 2020, 11:00:16 AM
that is really horrid news
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