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Grant Imahara is obtaining a Television set memorial, of types, from the Tv set networks in which he became a well known and beloved host.
Honchos at Discovery and Science Channel convey to TMZ … the networks are paying tribute to Grant this weekend with a marathon line-up of his beloved “MythBusters” times and other engineering applications.
As you know … Grant, a excellent electrical engineer, grew to become a Tv set star with Discovery as 1 of the hosts of “MythBusters.”
Discovery claims some of Grant’s favored “MythBusters” moments from his 10 many years on the present include things like episodes where he and his crew examined “armor” made of folded paper, and experimented with to see if a resort space shower curtain could be reworked into a life-conserving parachute.
Imahara was a BattleBots winner, and the networks are also airing Grant’s overall look in “Killer Robots: Robo Online games 2011,” when he served as a tour manual for the worldwide level of competition.
As we noted … Grant died instantly this 7 days at just 49 a long time aged from a brain aneurysm.
The tribute marathon airs from 8 AM to 1 PM Friday on Discovery, and picks up Saturday on Science Channel from 3 PM to 9 PM … ending with one particular of Grant’s other well-known web hosting gigs, “White Rabbit Challenge.”
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