Sad news. His character Mini-Me had me in stitches in the Austin Powers series.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/verne-troyer-dead_us_5adb9d77e4b089e33c88ad92
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/verne-troyer-dead_us_5adb9d77e4b089e33c88ad92