reported the Sun. Paramedics rushed Grant to the hospital, where he was pronounced brain dead, though he was kept on life support until Sunday, according to his family.The Peterborough father of three lived with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare genetic type of dwarfism, which he said had caused him health problems.Born in Epsom, Surrey, on Feb.
3, 1970, Grant played one of the furry Ewoks that aided Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and the rebel alliance during their fight against the Empire in the 1983 “Star Wars” installment.
He also notably portrayed a goblin in 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”Grant’s other credits include “Willow” (1998) alongside Val Kilmer, 1986’s “Labyrinth” starring David Bowie, the Tom Cruise flick “Legend” and “Deuce Bigalow 2.”The British actor faced issues with drugs and alcohol and admitted that he “lost everything,” including by spending money on cocaine and prostitutes.
His problems came to light in 2014 after photos surfaced of Grant snorting lines of coke, the Sunday Mirror reported at the time.“I need help.
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