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Hudson Meek, the teenage actor best known for the 2017 action film Baby Driver, died on December 21 after he fell from a moving car in Alabama. He was 16.
Meek was injured in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills on Thursday, December 19. He died two days later at UAB Hospital.
“Our hearts are broken to share that Hudson Meek went home to be with Jesus tonight,” read a post on Meek’s Instagram account.
Born on August 5, 2008, Hudson and his brother, Tucker, began acting at an early age. According to IMDb, his first on-screen appearance was at age six in the 2014 TV movie The Santa Con. He accumulated 17 credits, including film 90 Minutes in Heaven in 2015, and episodes of the MacGyver reboot, Genius and Found.
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 01: Actor Hudson Meek attends ’90 Minutes In Heaven’ Atlanta premiere at … [+]
Lynne Marks, one of Meek’s representatives, shared a statement on Thursday saying she was “proud to represent Hudson Meek.”
“I have watched him grow from a young actor in Baby Driver to a handsome young man, proudly walking the red carpets of his upcoming projects. Hudson’s future as an actor was bright. He was part of the cast of a new movie called The School Duel which won the Canal+ 50th anniversary prize at the Deauville Film Festival in France this year,” she said.
Following his passing, The Hudson J. Meek Memorial Scholarship was set up and will be awarded annually to a Vestavia Hills High School student.
