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He was 85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grant died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Wednesday at a private care facility in Hollywood, California, said Lani Carmichael, Grant\u2019s publicist and longtime friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe loved both Oklahoma and L.A.,\u201d Carmichael said. \u201cHe made his home here as an actor, but he never forgot his roots in Oklahoma. He remained a fan of the Sooner Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"246\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SaginawGrant2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57069\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; In this Feb. 18, 2000 file photo, Saginaw Grant, veteran actor and writer, responds to a question during a news confernce, at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles. Grant, a prolific Native American character actor and hereditary chief of the Sac &#038; Fox Nation of Oklahoma, has died. He was 85. Grant&#8217;s publicist, Lani Carmichael, says Grant died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at a private-care facility in Hollywood, California. (AP Photo\/E.J. Flynn File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born July 20, 1936, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, Grant was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cct.org\/2015\/11\/for-native-american-veterans-recognition-at-last\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served during the Korean War<\/a>, according to the Chicago Community Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began acting in the late 1980s and played character roles in dozens of movies and television shows over the last three decades, including \u201cThe Lone Ranger,\u201d \u201cThe World\u2019s Fastest Indian\u201d and \u201cBreaking Bad,\u201d according to Grant\u2019s IMDB filmography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grant was active for years in the powwow circuit in California and traveled around the globe to speak to people about Native American culture, Carmichael said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis motto in life was always respect one another and don\u2019t 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