Grant Imahara remembered by MythBusters colleagues Kari Byron and Tory Belleci

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Byron and Belleci, who also worked with Imahara on Netflix's White Rabbit Project, have written tributes to their former colleague, who died of a brain aneurysm on July 13 at age 49. "Grant, you are more than a friend. (I can’t write that sentence in the past tense yet. I am crying and smiling as I type.) You have been a fixture in my life for two decades," wrote Byron, adding: "You charmed me with your self-aware level of nerdiness, redefining what 'cool' looked like. I quickly learned to count on you for enthusiasm and sarcasm, to laugh a little too loud at your own jokes, and how fun it was to disarm you with my dirty humor and bad puns. I loved that you invariably had the absolute worst taste in music but the best taste in friends." Belleci, who first met Imahara in 1997, wrote: "Grant was a unique individual with a brilliant mind. He was passionate about creating and it showed in his incredible body of work. He was generous with his time, knowledge and skills and because of that he has left a huge void in this world both to his friends and family and to his fans. A wise Vulcan once said, 'Change is the essential process of all existence.' This is the hardest change to accept. Gone way too soon, my friend. You will be missed."