Just read in the news, Grant Imahara died from brain aneurysm. He was 49.
I watched Mythbusters a lot growing up, and damn, this hit hard. RIP.
Yeah, this one bums me out for sure. I was in a weird teenage phase when Mythbusters came out, and that bunch really helped get me interested in a lot of the hobbies I have and skills I've developed over the years. That lead me to seek local clubs around those topics and actually socialize for the first time in my life. I met Grant twice through the FIRST robotics program when I was in high school (super friendly guy), and he had a regular presence in the Battlebots community (he used to compete back in the Comedy Central days and has been a judge).
I was thinking about it a lot on my morning walk this morning. A brain aneurysm sounds like one of the worst and also one of the best ways to go. It sucks that it's so sudden, and you have no time to prepare anything before you check out, and you could be doing literally anything when it happens. But on the other hand, it seems really quick and painless, almost like you might not even suspect anything is wrong before you turn off. No fear. No anxiety. No elevated heart rate, moments of terror, or crying your last words of "am I going to die" to some EMT. No hospitals, no drawn out treatments or hardship on your family.....
/end thought rant