Frank Grande, better known as Grandpa Grande, passed away on July 22, 2014 after years of battling cancer.
And on Tuesday, Ariana Grande shared a few sweet throwback photos of her grandfather on what would have been his 95th birthday.
'Happy birthday gramps. We miss you,' the 25-year-old singer captioned the images.
In memory of: Frank Grande, better known as Grandpa Grande, passed away on July 22, 2014 after years of battling cancer. And on Tuesday, Ariana Grande shared a few sweet throwback photos of her grandfather on what would have been his 95th birthday
Ariana shared her sad news on Twitter four years ago.
'We did lose my favorite person to ever exist yesterday, my grandpa,' she wrote. 'If only y'all knew how amazing he was...my [heart] hurts so much. It's beyond broken.'
She added: 'But I got to hold his hand and watch him find his peace.'
Grande's brother, Frankie, found out about his grandpa's passing while filming Big Brother.
Grandpa Grande was married to Ariana's spunky grandmother Marjorie, better known to Arianators as Nonna.
Nonna recently turned 93-years-old.
'hbd to the queen of the galaxy and the baddest b***h to ever grace the planet,' the Side To Side songstress wrote on Instagram. 'I love u.'
Ariana paid tribute to her late grandpa on her recent album Sweetener.
Fans discovered that a grouping of distorted words at the beginning of Breathin was a recording of Grandpa Grande.
'Tonight is your special night, do something magical,' the clip says when played in reverse.
In an interview with ET back in 2014, Ariana shared her grandpa's advice for dealing with the haters.
'He said babydoll you keep your chin up. You keep going and you sing. You focus on the good and keep going,' she told Mario Lopez.
'You are surrounded by love, you are protected by love, you are blessed to be able to do what you do. That advice from him always resonated.'
n an interview with ET back in 2014, Ariana shared her grandpa's advice for dealing with the haters. 'He said babydoll you keep your chin up. You keep going and you sing. You focus on the good and keep going,' she told Mario Lopez
