Allan Grant, 88, 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 President Kennedy, died Feb. 1 of Parkinson's-related pneumonia at his Los Angeles home.
Grant shot atom bomb tests in the Nevada desert in the early 1950s, as well as Howard Hughes' memorable 1947 flight in the H-4 airplane that became known as the "Spruce Goose." He photographed the Academy Awards, where he captured Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly poised for the best actress announcement at the 1955 ceremonies.
Colleagues recalled that Grant was also a fine spot news photographer and once captured former Vice President Richard Nixon, dressed in slacks and a tie, on the roof of his rented house hosing down the roof during a catastrophic fire in 1961 on the west side of Los Angeles.
After leaving Life, Grant produced educational documentaries.
He received three Emmy nominations for his TV film, "What Color Is the Wind?" which was based on a story of twin boys, one born blind, that appeared in Life.
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