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Their daughter, Jennifer Grant, was born prematurely on February 26, He frequently called her his "best production" and regretted that he had not had children sooner.

The marriage was troubled from the beginning and Cannon left him in December , claiming that Grant flew into frequent rages and spanked her when she "disobeyed" him.

The divorce, finalized in , was bitter and public, and custody fights over their daughter went on for nearly ten years. On April 11, , Grant married long-time companion Barbara Harris, a British hotel public relations agent, who was 47 years his junior. They renewed their vows on their fifth wedding anniversary. Grant allegedly was involved with costume designer Orry-Kelly when he first moved to Manhattan, and lived with Randolph Scott off and on for twelve years.

Richard Blackwell wrote that Grant and Scott were "deeply, madly in love", and alleged eyewitness accounts of their physical affection have been published. Hedda Hopper and screenwriter Arthur Laurents also have alleged that Grant was bisexual, the latter writing that Grant "told me he threw pebbles at my window one night but was luckless".

Alexander D'Arcy, who appeared with Grant in The Awful Truth, said he knew that he and Scott "lived together as a gay couple", adding: "I think Cary knew that people were saying things about him.

I don't think he tried to hide it. Barbara, Grant's widow, has disputed that there was a relationship with Scott. When Chevy Chase joked about Grant being gay in a television interview Grant sued him for slander; they settled out of court.

However, Grant did admit in an interview that his first two wives had accused him of being homosexual. Betsy Drake commented: "Why would I believe that Cary was homosexual when we were busy fucking? Maybe he was bisexual. He lived 43 years before he met me. I don't know what he did. Grant did not think movie stars should publicly make political declarations.

Grant described his politics and his reticence about them this way:. I'm opposed to actors taking sides in public and spouting spontaneously about love, religion, or politics.

We aren't experts on these subjects. Personally I'm a mass of inconsistencies when it comes to politics. My opinions are constantly changing. That's why I don't ever take a public stand on issues. Throughout his life, Grant maintained personal friendships with colleagues of varying political stripes and his few political activities seemed to be shaped by personal friendships.

Repulsed by the human costs to many in Hollywood, Grant publicly condemned McCarthyism in and vocally defended his friend Charlie Chaplin when the latter was blacklisted, insisting that Chaplin's artistic value outweighed political concerns. He hosted one of Robert Kennedy's first political fundraisers at his home. He made one of his rare statements on public issues following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, calling for gun control. In , Cary was still with the troupe when it visited the USA, he opted to stay in the States while the rest returned home.

Later, Grant was the first actor to be asked to portray on screen, but he turned it down. The Bond films franchise does however go on to benefit at least three other former Bristol residents, with the locally-trained Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris all appearing as Miss Moneypenny. There was plenty of rubble for them to fill their ships with in Bristol as much of the city had been destroyed by bombing on the city. The statue was unveiled in December by Grant's widow Barbara Jaynes to commemorate the Bristol-born actor's achievements.

Cary Grant has also been commemorated in street art form outside Room on Gloucester Rd by graffiti artist Stewy as part of an expanding library of hand-cut lifesize stencils of native British animals and icons. These images represent those who once lived in Bristol and can be found out and about on the streets of the city.

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