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Star Wars Actor Paul Grant Dies At 56 After Collapsing In Public
A Star Wars and Harry Potter movie actor has passed away.
Paul Grant, who portrayed a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and a ewok in Return of the Jedi, was discovered unconscious last Thursday, March 16, near King’s Cross station in London.
His death was verified to Sky News by the 56-year-daughter, old’s Sophie Jayne Grant, who stated: “I’m devastated… No girl deserves to have their father removed… He was very adored and well-known [for his work]. He left way too soon.”
Mr Grant was pronounced dead at 3.49am this morning, March 20, but had been declared brain dead before that following his collapse.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 2.08pm on Thursday 16 March to reports of an incident at St Pancras Station, Euston Road.
“We sent an ambulance crew and a medic in a response car. We treated a man at the scene and took him to hospital as a priority.”
Mr Grant is survived by his girlfriend Maria, his two daughters and one son as well as his stepchildren and grandchildren.
As well as Star Wars and Harry Potter, Grant also appeared in the 1988 film Willow and the cult classic Labyrinth alongside David Bowie in 1986.
