Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor Of Hollywood, Dies
I put up my headline well before I came across this internet source.......how weird!
I put up my headline well before I came across this internet source.......how weird!
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you must be pre-incognitive or something.. lol
a sad day in Hollywood.
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RIP Johnny and Thanks!
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Born in Goldsboro, N.C. in 1923, Grant began his career in 1939 as a newscaster on WGBR there, receiving national acclaim for broadcasting periodic live reports on a notorious murder trial, in what was believed to be the first time a microphone was allowed in a courtroom.
Grant served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, the start of a longtime relationship with the military. Grant was a major general in the California State Military Reserve, the all-volunteer backup and support force of the California National Guard.
Grant is believed to have made the most overseas tours to entertain U.S. troops, 60, with the final one coming last month to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
“The USO and military has been a big part of my life, ever since WWII, when as a GI, I emceed a show and introduced Bob Hope,” Grant said before leaving for Cuba. “He encouraged me to come to Hollywood when the war was over. Hope gave me the combination to the joke file lock and sent me to March Field to stand in for him 55 years ago, and I haven’t stopped since.”
Grant made 15 trips to Korea and 14 to Vietnam.