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"After Ariana Grande&amp;#039;s grandfather, whom she was super close to, passed away last Wednesday, Ari took a bit of a social media break to grieve with her fam. Now she&amp;#039;s back, thanking her fans for their support and remembering the man she calls her inspiration, with heartfelt tweets and Insta pics.  Ari captioned this throwback photo of her grandparents: &amp;quot;frank &amp;amp;amp; babe late 40s&amp;quot;         frank &amp;amp; babe &#128156; late 40s A photo posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Jul 23, 2014 at 3:54pm PDT     And paid tribute to her beloved grandpa on Twitter:     time to keep going. heart still hurts.. but it will for a while &amp;amp; that&amp;amp;#39;s alright. love u grandps, I know ur here. we are all celebrating u ! \u2014 Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 27, 2014      you know when it&amp;amp;#39;s this hard to let go of somebody..... they must&amp;amp;#39;ve been pretty amazing :&amp;amp;#39;) \u2014 Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 27, 2014   She also took the time to thank her super supportive fans:    thank u again for being here &amp;amp; for an overwhelming amount of love.. u truly are family. most of my tweets may be abt grandps! but I&amp;amp;#39;m back &#128156; \u2014 Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 27, 2014   We&amp;#039;re so amazed by how strong and positive Ari is being during such a tough time, and we can&amp;#039;t wait to hear the new single and celebrate all her hard work! MORE:  Ariana Grande Breaks Down On Good Morning America Over The Death Of Her Grandfather: &amp;quot;I Lost My Favorite Person&amp;quot; Ariana Grande And Nicki Minaj&amp;#039;s New Song Is Going To Be Insane\u2014And Here&amp;#039;s Proof! 5 Reasons Ariana Grande&amp;#039;s New Album My Everything Will Be *Your* Everything "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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