'Mini-Me' actor Verne Troyer dies at age 49


LOS ANGELES: Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" movies, died Saturday (April 21). He was 49.  

While no cause of death was revealed, a post on Troyer's official social media accounts spoke of the diminutive actor's "recent time of adversity" with depression, noting he had recently been baptised.  

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