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Star Wars actor and stuntman Paul Grant has died, simply days after the 56-year-old was found by police exterior London’s King’s Cross station and rushed to the hospital.
Grant had collapsed exterior the practice depot on March 16, Grant’s household informed The Solar, and he was subsequently pronounced mind useless. The household mentioned they made the choice to change off life help for the actor—who starred as an Ewok alongside Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi—on March 19. A reason behind demise has not but been launched.
Grant, with a top of 4-foot-4, had appeared in a string of different movies together with Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone and alongside David Bowie in Labyrinth. He lived with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a uncommon, genetic sort of dwarfism that reportedly causes quite a few well being issues. He usually described himself as “the king of the Dwarves.”
Grant’s “devastated” daughter, Sophie Jayne Grant, described her father as “a legend in so some ways.”
“I’m heartbroken … No woman deserves their dad to be taken away … He was so well-known and liked [for his work]. He’s gone too quickly,” she informed Sky Information.
Grant’s girlfriend, Maria Dwyer, additionally paid tribute in feedback to The Solar, saying: “Paul was the love of my life. The funniest man I do know. He made my life full. Life isn't going to be the identical with out him.”