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TIL Grant Imahara died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 49, after suffering a ruptured, previously undiagnosed, intracranial aneurysm. Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm. Later he worked on Mythbusters and the White Rabbit Project and was a special effects engineer for many Hollywood productions.

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