The Untold Truth About Grant Imahara’s Tragic Death

in 2020 the news of Grant yamahara's passing Shooks science enthusiasts around the world a renowned roboticist electrical engineer and a TV host Grant gained popularity through the science TV show MythBusters designing and building numerous robots which were meant to test out popular beliefs while working on a number of passion projects on the side Grant's love for engineering shown through every aspect of his work when I was a kid I never wanted to be James Bond I wanted to be cute because he was the guy who made all the gadgets he famously said in one of his interviews Grant Imahara was born on the 23rd of October 1970 in Los Angeles California into a Japanese American Family he was an excellent student and upon matriculating from high school he was granted a scholarship at the University of Southern California for which he graduated in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering he was also interested in working in the entertainment industry at the time and had at one point considered switching Majors to become a screenwriter finding out that the Cinematic art school at his university had restrictions which prevented him changing his major Grant briefly left College altogether and it was only after his engineering Professor took him under his wing that Imahara changed his decision soon after graduating Grant landed a job as an engineer for the lucasfilm's THX division before moving to their special effects division during his time there he worked on numerous high-budget Blockbusters produced by the studio including movies from the Star Wars Jurassic Park and the Matrix franchises he was primarily involved as a model maker and was credited for his work upon updating the original R2D2 robot in the Star Wars prequel trilogy Grant had also built a robot which later became a champion on comedy Central's robot fighting show BattleBots in 2002 and the following year he published a book about his experience entitled kick and Bot an illustrated guide to building combat robots in 2005 Grant joined the cast of Discovery Channel's Popular Science Show MythBusters on an invitation from his former lucasfilm colleague Linda wolkovich who was also an associate producer of the series filmed in San Francisco California the show focused on testing the validity of various rumors myths and conventional wisdoms through the use of the scientific method over the course of 14 years it became a cultural phenomenon and was broadcasted in over 50 countries Grant was initially cast to replace the former MythBusters welder Scotty Chapman joining Kari Bryan and Tori belechi on the build team the three of them worked independently from the main hosts Jamie heinemann and Adam Savage and had a separate segment on the show in a 2008 interview Grant talked about what a typical filming day looked like for them we could be jumping out of planes learning to swing on a trapeze swimming with sharks and the list goes on and on we usually find out what we're doing for the week on Monday morning after nearly nine years in 2014 the trio left the show to develop their own Series White Rabbit project which was released on Netflix in early 2016 similar to MythBusters the series explored unusual scientific Concepts prevalent in pop culture history and science the first season of the show was warmly received by the audience and critics alike but despite the praise sadly it wasn't renewed Grant returned to BattleBots in 2018 this time as one of the judges in the same year it was announced that he'd been working with Walt Disney imagineering and was included as an author on their research paper Stickman towards a human scale acrobatic robot the robot whose design was detailed in the paper used as a gravity-driven pendulum launched to produce stunts while utilizing a laser range finder to estimate its position mid-flight soon thereafter a limited number of Stickman prototypes have been built for usage in Disney World theme parks across the globe for the last of his projects in 2020 Grant built a fully animatronic model of baby Yoda from the TV series The Mandalorian with which he had planned to tour children's hospitals in his private life four years prior to his untimely death Gran became engaged to his long-term girlfriend Jennifer Newman proposing during her birthday party in front of nearly 300 guests according to TMZ her antique engagement ring embellished with diamonds cost over twenty thousand dollars Jennifer works as an actress and as a costume designer on movies such as Batgirl spoiled and the Sci-Fi short the death and Return of Superman Grant and Jennifer never married outside of work Grant was a passionate tabletop player and frequently made appearances on the Greek and Sundry YouTube channel he also enjoyed playing video games with some of his favorite titles being Age of Empires 2 and Kerbal Space Program Grant passed away at 49 years of age on the 13th of July 2020 after suffering a rupture of an undiagnosed intracranial aneurysm according to a TMZ report in the days leading to his death Imahara had been experiencing painful headaches which were attributed to migraines after his pain had worsened significantly he was rushed to a hospital where he was correctly diagnosed he underwent emergency surgery the same day but sadly never fully recovered after another operation Grant's condition didn't improve and he was then pronounced deceased Grand sudden death came as a shock to his fans and longtime co-workers Grant was a truly brilliant engineer artist and performer but also just such a generous easy-going and gentle person working with Grant was so much fun I'll miss my friend wrote Adam Savage Grant's former MythBusters co-star in a touching Instagram post in the days following Grant's passing his fiance Jennifer tweeted I haven't found the words I don't know if I'll be able to I lost a part of my heart and soul today he was so generous and kind so endlessly sweet and so loved by his incredible friends I feel so lucky to have known him to have loved and Been Loved by him I love you honey on the 23rd of October 2020 the day which would have been Grant's 50th birthday his family friends and colleagues announced the establishment of Grant imahara's theme Foundation the non-profit organization is set to honor the late Engineers Legacy by providing grants scholarships and mentoring support to students pursuing an education in Steam science technology engineering the Arts and mathematical related fields there are many students like my son Grant who need the balance of the technical and the creative and this is what steam is all about I'm so proud of my son's career but I'm equally proud of the work he did mentoring students he would be thrilled that we plan to continue this plus much more through the Grant Imahara steam Foundation said Carolina mahara Grant's mother and Foundation co-founder to raise money for the foundation more than 80 props which grin had built during his time on MythBusters were sold at auction in August 2021 several months after Grant's passing the co-founder of BattleBots Greg Munson announced that the competition's best design award would be renamed to Grant yamahara Award for best design granny mahara left a big mark on MythBusters during his time on the show the moment when he and the rest of the build team left the series is often considered to be a breaking point of the long-running TV show as its ratings quickly plummeted the low viewership combined with the high cost of filming MythBusters prompted the host's Adam Savage and Jamie heinemann to call quits on the series according to one of their post-show interviews they expected the show to be canceled by the network in the following years so they agreed to film The Final Season and finish it on their own terms the thing that really makes me happy is that most cable shows like ours just end they get past their freshness date you finish a season and then you hear you'll never see another one I truly thought that's the way MythBusters would end we've been filming this last season this year and we get to send it off we get to pay homage to this thing that's changed our lives said Adam the final episode of the series aired in 2016 however Discovery Channel was still on the lookout for more MythBusters content so in the same year the network launched a spin-off series entitled MythBusters the search a competition style series to determine the hosts of the new show the winners Brian Louden and John lung went on to host the only season of the Revival Series in 2017. in 2018 Adam Savage made his return to the franchise in another spin-off MythBusters Jr in which we saw him mentoring a group of six aspiring young scientists much like the Revival series MythBusters Juniors unfortunately only lasted for one season as of right now it seems highly unlikely that we would see Savage and heinemann working together on any MythBusters related projects in the future although the two are known as one of the most iconic Duos on TV behind the scenes there seems to have been a lot of tension between them which may have also contributed to their decision to quit working on MythBusters MythBusters one of discovery's most successful series was initially developed by the Australian writer and producer Peter Reese in 2000 0002 under the title Tall Tales or true the network initially rejected the proposal since they've just commissioned a similar show however a refined proposal convinced them to give MythBusters a shot and film a three-episode pilot the first name set to host the show was Jamie heinemann who had previously worked as a special effects artist on shows such as robot wars and BattleBots although Jaime was excited about the opportunity he didn't want to be the sole host so he brought in his colleague Adam Savage the two were the sole presenters during the first season working from Jaime's special effects Workshop dubbed M5 Industries while his staff initially worked behind the scenes as the show progressed they became more prominent in the episodes and three of them Scotty Chapman Carrie Bryan and Tori belechi went on to form the build team working from their own Workshop called M7 Grant e mahara replaced Chapman during the third season MythBusters also had a team of two interns dubbed mithurns consisting of Jess Nelson and Christine Chamberlain MythBusters typically tests out misconceptions through a two-step process replicate the the circumstances then duplicate the results if this approach fails they sometimes try to push the boundaries by expanding the circumstances of the experiments so that the results are sure to be replicated exposing the Ridiculousness of certain myths over the course of 12 Years the series hosts have explored some white outlandish myths including the possibility of riding a motorcycle on water building a parachute made only out of materials found in a typical hotel room and making explosives from coffee creamer however there are some popular myths that never made it onto the show for various reasons most notably Adam and Jaime wanted to steer clear of paranormal Concepts as they believe these cannot be tested through scientific means other myths don't make it onto the show due to objections from the network and its advertisers the team also hasn't tested any conspiracy theories regarding sensitive topics such as 9 11 terrorist attacks and the assassination of JF Kennedy due to the nature of experiments conducted on the show many didn't go as planned in some cases they have simply produced unexpected results while some have even caused injuries to people involved or property damage one such case happened in 2009 during filming of an episode in Esparto California apparently the entire town was shaken by a blast causing broken windows and general chaos among residents two years later while conducting a cannonball-related experiment in Dublin California the crew accidentally shot a cannonball at residences houses the Aaron projectile missed its intended target at the local bomb range and instead soared up into the neighborhood community hitting two houses and a minivan fortunately nobody was harmed and The MythBusters crew promptly apologized and offered to cover the restoration expenses reruns of the show are still being aired on Science Channel while the entire series is also available for streaming on Discovery Plus thank you for spending some time with us make sure to like And subscribe so you never miss another video [Music] or ask a question in the comments below thank you for being with us

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Published: Wed Nov 23 2022