I met Grant in, I think, the 8th grade at North Bethesda Junior High School, and he tormented me mercilessly because I was practically the only fan in the school of the then fledgling American Football League.

But over the years, we became friends.  I remember once in high school we were going to the Cellar Door in Georgetown to hear the Oscar Peterson trio.  We were in sync with the traffic lights, and drove from his house all the way down Wisconsin Avenue to M Street in seventeen minutes.

We lost touch for decades, and it was mostly my loss.  I had the good fortune to reconnect with him a few years ago, and took him to dinner in Pasadena.  I will always remember him for his intellect, which was mighty, and his grace in the face of his disease, which was simply amazing.

I am glad he was my friend.

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Grant Matthew Perry

December 22, 1952 – December 14, 2019

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