Paul Grant.Photo: Facebook
Paul Grant, an actor and stuntman known for his work in popular fantasy film franchises likeStar WarsandHarry Potter, has died. He was 56.
Grant’s daughter Sophie confirmed the news to PEOPLE on Tuesday, sharing that her father died at 3:49 p.m. local time on Sunday and adding in a statement, “It’s sad my dad is gone.”
“My dad was a legend,” she continues. “Everyone loved him so much: his daughter, son, girlfriend, stepchildren, grandchildren and step-grandchildren, too.”
According to Sophie, police discovered the actor Thursday at 2:06 p.m. local time outside of King’s Cross station in London,where he had collapsed.
Doctors declared Grant brain-dead on Thursday and removed him from life support Sunday, his daughter confirms to PEOPLE.
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Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi(1983).
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Grant was perhaps best known for playing an Ewok inStar Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi(1983) and a Gringotts goblin inHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(2001).
The 4-foot, 4-inch actor lived with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, “a rare genetic disorder” that can cause “short stature and orthopaedic conditions in the joints,” according toJohns Hopkins.
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source: people.com
