Former MythBusters host Grant Imahara has passed away at the age of 49

Former MythBusters host and engineer Grant Imahara passed away suddenly on Monday at the age of 49. Imahara worked as a member of the popular series’ Build Team from 2005 to 2014. The American previously worked for THX on Matrix and Star Wars films.

Imahara is best known for his role on MythBusters, where he primarily built the necessary robots for the program. The American has been working on the popular TV series since the third season. He left the series in 2014, along with co-hosts Tory Belleci and Kari Byron. He later made the Netflix series White Rabbit Project with these two presenters, in which the trio tried to explain striking events from history, for example, with experiments.

Prior to his role on MythBusters, he worked for Lucasfilm’s THX and Industrial Light & Magic divisions. Here he made models and puppets for films such as the three Star Wars prologues, The Matrix films and the third Terminator film. He also played Hikaru Sulu in the fan-made series Star Trek Continues.

According to Hollywood Reporter, died Imahara suddenly suffered a brain aneurysm. Discovery tells the site that it is heartbroken and that Imahara was an important member of the Discovery family. on Twitter writes MythBusters presenter Adam Savage to be speechless and that Imahara had been part of his life for 22 years. Savage says Imahara was a generous, pleasant and gentle man and will miss his friend.