Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer dies aged 49 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43853755)
I met the guy once.
I was working security at an MTV awards show on some studio lot, an eternity ago and all the guests had to walk back to where they were filming it through a bunch of security. It wasn't a short trek either, maybe.. a quarter mile. Anyway I got a call on the radio to send up one of the security guys to give him a ride on a golf cart. Makes sense, quarter mile for us, 3 miles for him, subjectively?
Anyway he seemed like a nice guy. pretty popular too, there were tons of people around him as soon as he arrived. I could tell he was annoyed that nobody seemed to know his name but was ready for his 15 minutes.
RIP minnie me.