Rupe Bernthardt

Age: 46

Summary: grandson of U.S. supercentenarian Margo Bernthardt (age 110) who had been in the public eye last year as the grandson of Connecticut's second-oldest person and whose 89-year-old grandfather died in December 2007.

Cause of Death: Bacterial meningitis

Born: May 28, 1962

Died: June 2, 2008

Location: New London, Connecticut