Article: HE WAS HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST, ONLY MAYOR.(News)

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 ...

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