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Grant Imahara<\/a>, a former MythBusters<\/a><\/em> and White Rabbit Project<\/a> <\/em>host who earlier worked as a modelmaker for Industrial Light + Magic, died Monday. He was 49. A Discovery spokesperson confirmed that the news but did not provide details.<\/p>\n Imahara co-hosted more than 200 episodes of Discovery’s MythBusters<\/em> starting with Season 3 in 2005 and remained with the show until 2014. He had made a handful of appearances since.<\/p>\n Former longtime Mythbusters<\/em> host Adam Savage tweeted tonight: “I’m at a loss. No words. I’ve been part of two big families with Grant Imahara over the last 22 years. Grant was a truly brilliant engineer, artist and performer, but also just such a generous, easygoing, and gentle PERSON. Working with Grant was so much fun. I’ll miss my friend.”<\/p>\n In 2014, Imahara and fellow MythBusters<\/em> builders Kari Byron and Tory Belleci left the series to host Netflix’s White Rabbit Project. <\/em>The series, in which the trio did experiments and builds on topics ranging from famous heists to World War II weaponry, ran for one season in late 2016.<\/p>\n Imahara worked on Geoff Peterson, the robotic sidekick on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson <\/em>that was voiced by Josh Robert Thompson. The engineer also made multiple appearance on the CBS show.<\/p>\n Born on October 23, 1970, in Los Angeles, Imahara had a background in robotics and physics when joined Lucasfilm’s THX and later moved to its VFX unit ILM. During his nearly decade-long tenure, he worked on films in such blockbuster movies as Jurassic Park, The Matrix, The Terminator, xXx<\/em> and the reissues of the original Star Wars <\/em>trilogy. His ILM credits also include Galaxy Quest, Van Helsing<\/em> and Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence.<\/em><\/p>\n Imahara also served as a contestant and a judge on BattleBots, <\/em>played Sulu on the fan-created web series Star Trek Continues<\/em> and appeared in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! <\/em><\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Erik Pedersen<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"See Campaign: <\/strong>https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/07\/grant-imahara-dead-former-mythbusters-white-rabbit-project-host-was-49-1202984987\/<\/a>
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Grant Imahara, a former MythBusters and White Rabbit Project host who earlier worked as a modelmaker for Industrial Light + Magic, died Monday. He was 49. A Discovery spokesperson confirmed that the news but did not provide details. Imahara co-hosted more than 200 episodes of Discovery’s MythBusters starting with Season 3 in 2005 and remained with the show until 2014. He … Continue reading Grant Imahara Dies: Former ‘MythBusters’ & ‘White Rabbit Project’ Host Was 49<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading