Tributes are being paid to ‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek, who died aged 16 after falling from a moving vehicle.

Meek played Young Baby in the 2017 Edgar Wright action film starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx and Jon Bernthal. On December 19, he fell from a moving vehicle in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, and died two days later.

Meek was best known for playing a younger version of Elgort’s title character in Baby Driver, but he also appeared in 2014’s The Santa Con and in episodes of the MacGyver reboot. Meek provided the voice of Young Yasuo in a 2020 feature film for Riot Games’ League of Legends and appeared in a number of commercials.

An obituary revealed that some of the films and television shows Meek has worked on will be released in 2025. “He absolutely loved spending time on set and having the opportunity to learn the names and stories of each member of the cast and crew,” the obituary reads.

In a Facebook post, his mother Lani Wells Meek said: “His 16 years on this earth were far too short, but he accomplished so much and made a significant impact on everyone he met,” Birmingham Performing Arts Academy Acting Out said in a statement: “We are all devastated by the loss of one of AOA’s first and brightest stars. May you shine forever, Hud. We will miss you very much.”

A celebration of life service will be broadcast live on Saturday, December 28 at 11:30 a.m. local time.

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