Fans react to the recent death of Ariana Grande’s grandfather, trending #RIPGrandpaGrande on Twitter in honor of the star’s beloved family.

The Sam and Cat star’s close relationship with her grandpa was no secret to fans due to the many social media posts of Grandpa Grande. While many fans were aware that he has been battling cancer for quite some time, hearts broke at the news to of him passing away two days ago, July 22nd. The star turned to Twitter to announce the sad news, we previously reported, tweeting several posts to express her grief and honor Grandpa Grande in a positive light.

Fans quickly reacted to the star’s broken heart, circulating the hashtag #RIPGrandpaGrande around the social media world and managing to get a worldwide trend soon after the tragic announcement. Fans, friends, and family are honoring the star’s grandfather in any way they can – crating collogues of pictures, making videos feature Grandpa Grande, and tweeting Grande and her family their prayers.

To offer our condolences to the celebrity, here are the top tweets remembering Grandpa Grande.

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On remembering Grandpa Grande:

On being there for Ariana: