Arthur Bensen

So so sorry to hear about Benny's passing. My sincere condolences to his children, grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Every month for many years our little group of four couples would meet for dinner at one of the couple's houses. The food was always excellent and the camraderie was outstanding. Belly-laughs abounded and Benny always had a few funny or otherwise interesting stories to tell. The one I remember the most was about one of Benny's friends who, whenenever he went back and forth from Brooklyn to Staten Island over the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge, hid in the trunk until the driver got to the otherside. As the story was told over and over, as expected, variants of this story evolved. Incidentally, Benny made it quite clear that he had permission from the hidden person to tell the story. This story also led to some of us revealing our "gotchas" too and the laughs never stopped.