Indiana Jones star dies after heartbreaking health battle

Robot Wars creator Marc Thorpe has died after a decades-long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Marc is remembered for founding the popular competition series Robot Wars as well as building incredible models for iconic Hollywood films including Indiana Jones and Star Wars.The news of Marc's death was sadly confirmed by his daughter Megan Feffer who shared a candid post about her father's heartbreaking health battle in a Facebook post.

She detailed how her father, who had the idea for the famous competition show while designing outlandish weapons and droids, struggled to work on his projects due to his Parkinson's battle.

Announcing her father's death, Megan penned: "This morning my dad, Marc Thorpe, passed away.This was his 30th year with Parkinson's Disease. "Although I'm sure it's different for every patient, for him early-onset Parkinson's Disease started out with relatively mild tremors, and then over time progressed toward less and less bodily autonomy - something particularly torturous for a fiercely independent artist like my dad whose joy in life was to create things with his hands. "While the disease itself is not technically considered terminal, it does eventually remove crucial functions like movement and swallowing - functions essential for life." Megan detailed the "challenging" last weeks her father experienced as she added that she was "grateful" he is "finally at peace." She also explained how it had been "eye opening" to realise that the care system "is not set up to adequately support patients with progressive, degenerative diseases." She said: "To say the last few months, and especially the last few weeks, were challenging for my dad would be an understatement, and I am grateful that he is finally at.