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Article: HE WAS HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST, ONLY MAYOR.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2008
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Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY
"It's just like when Bob Hope died. Nobody could replace him. Nobody can replace Johnny Grant as mayor of Hollywood."
-- Michael Teilmann, retired State Guard brigadier general and executive director of the Bob Hope Hollywood USO center at LAX
The mayor of Hollywood was one of a kind -- a throwback to a time when your handshake was your word and a genuine smile got more things done in this town than yelling and throwing your weight around.
Johnny Grant set up shop 16 years ago in a rundown penthouse suite at the top of the old Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and he did something all the movers and shakers in Hollywood ...