# Grant Imahara dies at 49 of an aneurysm **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278 "2020-07-14T03:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/21 "2020-07-14T14:38:04Z")
49 is way too young. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/22 "2020-07-14T14:43:14Z")
Also played Sulu on Star Trek Continues. (Another instance of the original outliving the replacement.) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/23 "2020-07-14T17:12:38Z")
Oh, man! I really liked Grant! He really added a lot to the “Mythbusters” show. What a shame! ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/24 "2020-07-14T18:19:17Z")
> 49 is way too young. It is, but I was a little taken aback. I’m 40 and somehow just had it in my head that he was about a decade younger than me. I suppose he’s pretty youthful looking, but I’m guessing when I watched the show (long after original air dates) combined with the show dynamics messed with my time perception. A tragic and young loss. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/25 "2020-07-14T18:25:50Z")
I watched Mythbusters because of Grant. He was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/26 "2020-07-14T21:34:35Z")
God damn it! Big Mythbusters fan here. This sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/27 "2020-07-14T21:57:39Z")
At this point, I just want to take 2020 out behind the barn and shoot it dead. I really loved watching Grant on Mythbusters. You could tell he knew his stuff and loved what he was doing, and I had a tiny crush on him. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/28 "2020-07-14T23:06:16Z")
He created Craig Ferguson’s robot side kick Geoff Peterson, too. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/29 "2020-07-14T23:16:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Geoff Peterson He was _my_ favorite. Didn’t know he was the fav of so many others. I’m so tired of being sad. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/30 "2020-07-14T23:24:10Z")
# Remembering Grant Imahara - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 7/14/20 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2TG_pm98W8c/maxresdefault.jpg "Remembering Grant Imahara - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 7/14/20") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TG_pm98W8c) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/31 "2020-07-15T01:50:26Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > > > > It is, but I was a little taken aback. I’m 40 and somehow just had it in my head that he was about a decade younger than me. Same here, I’m mid 40s and assumed he was just a kid, at least 10 years younger than me. Same for the other two really. I would have bet infinity dollars that there was no possible way I would be younger than all three of them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/32 "2020-07-15T07:36:59Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > He was _my_ favorite. No, he was _my_ favorite. Not only was he the one real engineer of the bunch, and the one they went to when they had to solve a hard technical problem, but he also had the least over-the-top personality. I liked the whole team but he was the most relatable to me. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/33 "2020-07-15T13:30:27Z")
Adam’s podcast about Grant is an amazing tribute to him. I learned so much about Grant’s career and life before Mythbusters. He was a much beloved person with a large circle of friends. Has anyone heard about his surviving family? A spouse or children? ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/34 "2020-07-15T13:32:58Z")
So sad. RIP Grant. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/35 "2020-07-15T14:03:57Z")
Beyond belief. Peace to his family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/36 "2020-07-15T15:01:18Z")
Thanks for posting that video - very touching. Over time I think I got to liking the build team more than Adam and Jaime (not that I didn’t like them a lot too). I just really enjoyed their chemistry, Grant was the smartest and best designer of all of them and clearly had a great personality. Kari was a very good artist and was largely the reason the things they built had character and appeal. Tori was the biggest personality and daredevil but was still a lot of fun to watch too. Other shows tried to duplicate them but nobody else really succeeded which is a testament to how good they all were. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/37 "2020-07-15T16:54:02Z")
Oh. Oh… :big tear: ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/38 "2020-07-15T17:17:10Z")
This one really hit hard. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/39 "2020-07-15T19:01:01Z")
Yeah. I hate how most TV shows encourage their people to act like brain-damaged children .HGTV shows are the _worst_ for this. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/40 "2020-07-15T19:01:53Z")
He was married. She was a costume designer, so they had a real connection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278.md?page=3)