Frank Grande

"Nobody got me the way that you did." Not to be confused with Frankie Grande.

Frank Grande
General information
Born	October 23, 1923
Died	July 22, 2014 (aged 90)
Gender	Male
Nicknames	Grandpa (by Ariana)
Occupation	Retired

Frank Grande was Ariana Grande's grandfather. His daughter is Joan Grande. He first met Ariana's grandmother when they were children because they lived in the same neighborhood. When they got older they started to date. Frank was enlisted in the military, and when he got back they got engaged and later married. They got married in September 1946. He lived in Boca Raton, Florida. Ariana loved him very much and posted pictures of him often, usually of her kissing him on his cheek.
He died on July 22, 2014 after a long battle with cancer.

Trivia

• Ariana's brother Frankie Grande was named after him.
• He has called Ariana "bellissima" for her whole life. Ariana later got a tattoo with the word "bellissima" on it.
• In December 2012, he stayed in L.A. for the holidays to spend time with Ariana and watch her in A Snow White Christmas.
• The audio bit at the end of Ariana's song "Daydreamin'" is her grandparents telling the story of how they fell in love.
• For his 90th birthday, a big party was thrown that had a guest list including of Nathan Sykes, Isaac Calpito, Frankie Grande, and Jones Crow among many others.
• Ariana took a spontaneous flight to Boca to surprise her grandparents on May 6, 2014.
• She helped her grandpa at his work once.
• Ariana posted a video of her grandpa singing to her on the phone.
• Frank has been battling cancer for a long time but in late May 2014 he became very ill so Ariana cancelled performances to go home and visit him.
• Ariana announced a couple weeks later that he had finally beaten his cancer.
• In early July however, he became sick again and Ariana went to see him.
• Frank died on July 22, 2014. Ariana tweeted about it the next day.

Gallery

“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the Frank Grande gallery, click here.