Later Years
In his later years, Grant opened a cafe in the Moʻiliʻili district of Honolulu called The Haunt. The cafe, an odd collection of B-Film memorabilia, books on folklore and mythology, and various other items from the occult to comics, was created as a home for "the creative and offbeat." The Haunt would later be expanded with the addition of an upstairs séance room, designed in the idea of 19th century-era American rooms of the kind.
In addition to the Haunt, Grant and volunteers started the Honolulu Ghost Walks, tours of local places in Hawaii tied in to ancient mythology and current folklore. He also started "Obake Night" at the local Moʻiliʻili Festival, in order to continue the tradition of storytelling with groups.
On 19 June 2003, he died from cancer. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at Kaena Point on the far western edge of Oahu. Some have said this to be the ideal resting place for Grant, as Hawaiian mythology places Kaena Point as the bridge between the worlds of the living and the dead.
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