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Allan Grant (October 23, 1919 – February 1, 2008) was an American photojournalist for Life magazine. [1] He had the last photo shoot with actress Marilyn Monroe and took the first photos of Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, following U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination. [2]
Allan Grant The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock. Written By: Ben Cosgrove. As a boy, Allan Grant dreamed of becoming an aeronautical engineer. When his career path took a different route, the flying industry’s loss became the photography world’s and, specifically, LIFE magazine’s gain.
Apr 1, 2013 · Additionally, Grant was President of the Northern Ireland Red Cross. He was also a frequent contributor to the Ulster Medical Journal for almost three decades (1954-1982) and a strong advocate in the interests of the Belfast City Hospital and its status as a major teaching hospital for Queen’s University, Belfast.
Feb 9, 2008 · Allan Grant, a Life magazine photographer who got the last photo shoot with Marilyn Monroe weeks before her death and the first pictures of Marina Oswald just hours after the assassination of...
Feb 11, 2008 · Grant's biggest assignment came on 22 November 1963, the day John F Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas.
The tragic loss of our young charismatic President was unbearable and its effect on the world was indescribable. But the fact of the matter was we had in our hands the story of the other family involved in the assassination and we had it exclusively.
While particularly known for his winning portraits of showbiz royalty when called upon Grant was a perfectly adept chronicler of harder news. His portraits of Marina Oswald made shortly after her husband shot President Kennedy, for example, captured a personal side of that epic, era-defining story that few other media outlets could touch.
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