'King of Random' Grant Thompson died doing something he loved and had been enjoying for months.
, creator of YouTube's popular"King of Random" series, died doing an extreme sport he loved and mastered -- based on this video -- even though he'd just picked it up a few months ago.
TMZ's learned Grant Thompson was paramotoring -- it's also called powered paragliding -- when he died Monday night in Utah. In this video shot in March ... Thompson's seen handily operating a paramotor to fly all around and high above an open field.Law enforcement confirmed a paramotor was involved in Grant's accident., tells us Grant took up the sport about 5 months ago and says it was his new obsession.
Along with Grant's paramotoring gear, a video recording device was found at the crash site and is being reviewed to determine the cause of the accident. Grant started his YouTube channel in 2010 and amassed more than 11 millions subscribers while documenting experiments, life hacks and random weekend projects.
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