Benny grew up on Village Street and graduated from Millis High School in 1933. He was a favorite at the hotels in the town, where he worked and helped to entertain the guests. He was tall and slim, a real Dapper Dan. Classmate Sam Howie of Millis High School said that he was very talented and might have become a professional comedian. He was killed in an accident while on duty with the Army Medical Corps at New Caledonia, New Guinea. He left behind his parents, Annie & Jacob, a brother, George, and three sisters, Celia, Besse, and Elizabeth. He is buried in the Boylston Lodge Cemetery, West Roxbury/Dedham.

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