Posted: Apr 21, 2021 8:55 AM NT | Last Updated: April 21
Robbie and Mel Grandy at their wedding, shortly after Robbie was diagnosed with cancer. (Submitted by Mel Grandy)
Robbie Grandy would have celebrated his 36th birthday this month. However, the well-known St. John s barber died on Jan. 14, one day shy of a year after being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer.
Grandy loved his birthday, and friends say he always dropped hints when April 10 was around the corner.
His friends at Fogtown Barber the popular shop on Water Street in downtown St. John s where Grandy was a fixture and at two tattoo studios are marking his birthday month with a campaign to raise money for the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation.