Paul Grant, Actor in Star Wars and Harry Potter films is dead

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An actor who appeared in the Star Wars and Harry Potter films has died.

Paul Grant, an actor who appeared in the Star Wars and Harry Potter films is dead.

He played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

He was found collapsed outside King’s Cross station in London.

The 56-year-old’s daughter, Sophie Jayne Grant, confirmed his death to Sky News, saying: “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.”

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Mr Grant was pronounced dead at 3.49am this morning, but had been declared brain dead before that following his collapse.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called 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. Grant also appeared in the 1988 film Willow and the cult classic Labyrinth alongside David Bowie in 1986.

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