Article: Hollywood's biggest fan mourned

Funeral arrangements are pending for Johnny Grant, the colorful honorary mayor of Hollywood and Hollywood Christmas Parade producer who was area's most vocal booster.

Grant, 84, died Wednesday night at his penthouse apartment in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He is survived by three sisters.

Flowers were placed on Grant's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, in the heart of an area he worked for years to promote and revitalize.

"Johnny Grant was ...

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