Savage and his co-host, Jamie Hyneman, helmed the show, while Imahara joined Byron and Belleci on the build team, which typically did experiments separate from Savage and Hyneman. Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara, and Kari Byron pose on the crashed JATO Rocket Car after testing. As of Monday, his Facebook page said he was still working as a Disney consultant.The page said he had also been working as a mechanical designer for Spectral Motion, a California-based company that specializes in animatronics, action props and prosthetic makeup effects.In March, as the coronavirus began to rip through the United States, Imahara posted a picture on Twitter of a table in his home that was littered with papers, a magnifying glass, a laptop and a jumble of other electronics gear.“Show me your WFH space!” he wrote in a post that ended with a smiley face emoji. Grant Imahara, the electrical engineer and roboticist who became an influential popular-science personality as co-host of the long-running show “MythBusters,” died July 13 at 49. Mythbusters cast, from left to right: Jamie Hyneman, Tory Bellaci, Kari Byron, Grant Imahara and Adam Savage. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”Imahara was born in Los Angeles and graduated in 1993 with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, according to his Facebook page and a brief biography on the Discovery website.He later worked as an animatronics engineer and model-maker for Industrial Light & Magic, a designer of movie special effects that was founded by George Lucas in 1975.
He was 49.Imahara’s death was confirmed by Discovery Communications on Monday night. In 2005, after receiving an invitation from host Jamie Hyneman, Imahara joined the Discovery series during its third season, becoming part of the Build Team, replacing welder Scottie Chapman, and working alongside Kary Byron and Tory Bellici.
Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer and former host on the Discovery Channel show "Mythbusters" has died at 49. “He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Picture Perfect/Shutterstock. I'll miss my friend," Adam Savage, former co-host of MythBusters along with Jamie Hyneman… The MythBusters Team, from left: Grant Imahara, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Adam Savage and Tory Belleci in San Francisco, Calif. in 2007. M5 Industries (M5) is a special effects company located in San Francisco, California, best known as the working lab of the TV series MythBusters.Founded in 1997 by Jamie Hyneman, it specialized in producing props for movies and television.It is now a research and development firm. Grant Imahara, known for his co-hosting role on MythBusters, has died at the age of 49. He then produced a sledgehammer and repeatedly smashed it into Grant’s legs, severely shattering his femur, as Grant begged for mercy and eventually passed out. Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer and roboticist best known for cohosting “We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant,” Discovery Channel said in a statement on the The Los Angeles native died unexpectedly after suffering a brain aneurysm, according to multiple reports.After graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in electrical engineering, Imahara worked as an engineer at THX and Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on films including After news broke of the TV personality’s death on Monday, Byron, Belleci and fellow Imahara is survived by his fiancée, costume designer Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. He appeared on more than 200 episodes of the popular Discovery series Mythbusters alongside Kary Byron and Tory Bellici. A year after the show ended, he published a book, “Kickin’ Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots.”Imahara worked on “MythBusters” from 2005-14, initially as a member of its “build team.”Asked in a 2008 interview with the website MachineDesign what a typical day on the show looked like, Imahara replied that there was no such thing.“We could be jumping out of planes, learning to swing on a trapeze, swimming with sharks, and the list goes on and on,” he said.
He joined the show after an invitation from host Jamie Hyneman and was a part of the Build Team with Kari Byron and Tory Belleci. No other details were immediately available.“We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant,” Discovery said in a statement.