R.I.P. Mini Me actor

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While no cause of death was revealed, the family wrote of "recent time of adversary" the actor faced.

One of the world's shortest people – achondroplasia dwarfism caused Troyer to stop growing at 2'8" – Troyer initially entered show business as a stunt person; in 1993, he played the stunt double to the infant in Baby's Day Out. "In 1993, I was working for Sprint in customer service, and a friend of mine who was the president of LPA – Little People of America – got a phone call from the producers of Baby’s Day Out, and they were wondering if there was anyone close to a stand-in size," Troyer told Hollywood Chicago. "I guess they searched worldwide and couldn’t find anyone. I sent in my picture, and they flew me out to Hollywood to meet with them. Two days later, they offered me the job, and I quit my job at Sprint."

Additional stunt jobs and bit roles in films like Men in Black and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas followed before Troyer broke out in in 1999 with the role of Mini-Me in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, playing a miniature, misbehaving version of Mike Myers' antagonist Dr. Evil. Troyer also reprised the role for 2003's Austin Powers in Goldmember.

Troyer would later be cast in films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas,

As he had been battling depression, I fear a verdict of suicide will be released.

I thought that too, particularly after reading what it said at the top of the article.