'A truly brilliant engineer': MythBusters co-host Grant Imahara dies aged 49

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'A truly brilliant engineer': MythBusters co-host Grant Imahara dies aged 49
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MythBusters co-hosts pay tribute to colleague Grant Imahara, who has died suddenly aged 49 after reportedly suffering a brain aneurysm.

Former MythBusters co-host Grant Imahara has died suddenly aged 49 after reportedly suffering a brain aneurysm.

His long-time MythBusters colleague, Adam Savage, paid tribute to the electronics and robotics expert on Twitter:Discovery Channel, the maker of MythBusters, also released a statement, saying it was "heartbroken" by the news.Imahara joined MythBusters in 2005, two years after the show started. He was a member of the "build team" alongside Tory Belleci and Kari Byron, and helped design experiments for the show.

He had visual effects credits for The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , as well as the Matrix sequels. One of his projects also involved helping to design the lighting for R2-D2 in the Star Wars prequels:

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