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RIP MythBusters’ Grant Imohara

  1. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Jul 17, 2020

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    I'd be surprised if there wasn’t a critical mass of MythBusters fans on OF, so wanted to share that one of their support team, Grant Imohara, has passed. Seems like he lived his ideal life. May we all follow our dreams


     
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  2. Scarecrow Boat Burt Macklin, FBI Jul 17, 2020

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    This broke my heart when I saw this the other day. Grant was incredible and I loved watching him at work.
     
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  3. abrod520 Jul 17, 2020

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    God this was painful to read the other day. He was always such a fun presence to watch on the show, his enthusiasm for everything he did was absolutely infectious and it's just so sad that he's gone like this.
     
  4. 3nicewatches $100 well spent Jul 17, 2020

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    Seemed like a nice guy and this is very sad, obviously. Another reminder that we never know when our end will come, and regardless of whether or not you believe there is something after that end (I don’t) it doesn’t change the goal of making the most of every moment we have before it ends. As far as I can tell, it seems like he did.
     
  5. ChiefMark Jul 17, 2020

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    Damn.
     
  6. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Jul 17, 2020

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    Someone I worked with passed away from a brain Aneurysm last year, late 30’s and on his honeymoon. Super sad. As @3nicewatches said, make the most of each moment
     
  7. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Jul 17, 2020

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    My father died at the same age, 49, from the same thing. Great brains die alike, Stanford PhD in mechanical engineering. :(

    Hard to wrap your head around these things.
     
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  8. abrod520 Jul 17, 2020

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    All that can be said of something like that is, hopefully there wasn't even the slightest feeling that something was wrong, and he died happy.
     
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  9. killer67 Jul 18, 2020

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    He was just a tinkerer and lover of space. RIP
     
  10. tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jul 18, 2020

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    Making science and engineering fun again. He will be missed.
     
  11. take57 Jul 18, 2020

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    Imahara also designed and created the best talk show sidekick ever, Geoff Peterson for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

    Balls.
     
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  12. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Jul 18, 2020

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    Sad, both Jessie and now Grant.

    @take57 he also built Baby Yoda for the Mandalorian.
     
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