MythBusters and White Rabbit Project host Grant Imahara passes away.
The popular science show MythBusters and Netflix’s White Rabbit Project host Grant Imahara died at the age of 49. Imahara, was an electrical engineer and roboticist who died suddenly due to brain aneurysm.
An electrical engineer and roboticist, Imahara, joined Discovery’s MythBusters in its third season, replacing Scottie Chapman and was with the show until 2014. He then left with co-hosts Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
The trio reunited 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.
A representative from The Discovery Channel, considered Grant an important member of the Discovery family and said that ”He was on the sets of MythBusters, drove the stunt cars and also did skydiving.”
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Early Life:
Imahara completed engineering from the University of Southern California and was born in Los Angeles. His interest lied in screen writing. At the age of 9 at Lucasfilm, he worked for the company’s THX and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) divisions. He became the chief model maker specializing in animatronics at ILM .
His notable works include, George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, as well as The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Galaxy Quest, XXX: State of the Union, Van Helsing, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Filmography
Grant Imahara starred in several episodes of the fan-made web series Star Trek Continues. Played Hikaru Sulu, a lieutenant, helmsman and third officer on the USS Enterprise, in the show that was an unofficial continuation of Star Trek: The Original Series.
His colleagues paid condolences to the loss. Kari Byron, his co-star from the White Rabbit Project tweeted a picture with Grant and the caption read, ”Somedays I wish I had a time machine. @ToryBelleci @grantimahara.”
Somedays I wish I had a time machine. @ToryBelleci @grantimahara pic.twitter.com/o9FRE2l16W
— Kari Byron (@KariByron) July 13, 2020
