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Sad to report that Johnny Grant, the jovial honorary Mayor of Hollywood has died. He will be well remembered by Queen fans for his clever and funny speech when Queen were awarded their star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
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Grant Thornton is named in one of the suits, the trusts said. The customers allege in the complaint that the former auditor of Refco would have uncovered the fraud if it had properly performed its audit function, the trusts said.
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On August 22, 1848, Grant married Julia Boggs Dent (1826–1902), the daughter of a slave owner. They had four children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (Buck), Ellen Wrenshall Grant (Nellie), and Jesse Root Grant.
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Grant's surrender terms were generous. He allowed Lee's men to keep their horses and mules, and he shared his army's rations with the Confederates. In his memoirs, Grant recalled that he felt no exultation on Lee's surrender. He felt “sad and depressed” and “like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause.”
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Born in Goldsboro, N.C., Grant was a cub reporter for radio station WGBR when he hitchhiked to Washington to cover President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third inauguration. The diminutive reporter sat in a tree to write down what he saw for his report.
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