of governor Lowell Weicker. In more recent years, Benvenuto served on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) of Greenwich representing the 12th district. He was also active on the Republican Town Committee. Personal life In 1949, he married Elizabeth Martinelli (1931–2009), and they had three children. He married his second wife, Marian Robertson, only five days before his death. Benvenuto owned and bred harness-racing horses that competed at Yonkers and Saratoga Raceways. Death Benvenuto died on October 4, 2011, at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut after a long battle with cancer. References American businesspeople 1931 births Connecticut State Senate elections Connecticut Republicans 2011 deaths