R.I.P. Honorary Mayor of Hollywood

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:24 am

Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Dies at 84
Jan 10, 2:52 AM (ET)
By JEFF WILSON

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.

Grant died just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, apparently of natural causes, said Officer Jason Lee. Grant was found dead on a bed in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Lee said.

Grant was perhaps best known as the jolly host alongside more than 500 celebrities he inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:50 am

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David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:29 am

Thanks. Someone gave me the box set of the first half of the series for Christmas (delayed Chanakah present). Just waiting to see what the AMC cable channel will do with the remake series. I've had the Official Prisoner Companion book for years and thinking of ordering the 2005 novel, The Prisoner's Dilemma, from Amazon. Be seeing you.