Paul Grant, an actor who was in the Star Wars and Harry Potter movies, was found dead outside of a train station. He was 56 years old.
On Thursday afternoon, Grant was found outside of the King’s Cross station in north London. He was declared dead at 3:49 a.m. on Monday, but he had already been declared brain dead after he fell. No one knows what caused the dea†h.
Grant played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. In the cult classic Labyrinth from 1986, he was one of the Goblin Corps, along with Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie.
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Sophie Jayne Grant, his daughter, told Sky News that he had died. She said –
“I’m heartbroken … No girl deserves their dad to be taken away … He was so well known and loved [for his work]. He’s gone too soon.”
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.”
Grant’s girlfriend, Maria Dwyer, his two daughters, one son, and his stepchildren and grandchildren are all still alive.
Dwyer paid tribute to the actor, saying –
“Paul was the love of my life. The funniest man I know. He made my life complete. Life is never going to be the same without him.”
Stacey, Grant’s stepdaughter, has started a Go Fund Me page to help pay for his funeral. She said –
“I’m starting this page as Paul sadly passed away yesterday and I would like to give him the best send off he would want.”
