Paul Grant has passed away.
On Thursday March 16, the police found him collapsed outside Kings Cross station in London.
He was immediately transferred to the hospital and placed in a coma.
The 56-year-old actor was already brain dead before his death was officially announced on Monday March 20.
During his life, the actor, suffering from dwarfism, had the opportunity to act in the cinema, in particular in great franchises of science fiction.
In
Star Wars
he appears as an Ewok alongside Harrison Ford as he transforms into a goblin in the first installment of
Harry Potter
.
The British actor was also able to play with David Bowie in
Labyrinth
or in
Willow
with Val Kilmer.
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His “devastated”
daughter
paid tribute to him in
The Sun,
recalling that Paul
“was a legend in many ways”.
"
Dad, I love you so much, sleep tight
," she continued.
Maria Dwyer, the deceased's companion also spoke, saying he was
"the funniest man I know and life will never be the same without him"
.
A family friend told The
Sun
that the comedian has been battling "drug and alcohol addiction" since the collapse of his marriage to Janet Crowson.