Say Hello to Rudy

Lived In: Brooklyn and Red Hook, NY

Birth Year: 1927
Resident Of: Coopers Corner

Boy From the Borough. Centenarian in the Making.

Most Likely to Make You Smile
Quote: “If you laugh every day you’ll live as long as me.”

Born in Brooklyn, Rudy C. has lived almost 100 years on this earth and every day he finds something that makes him smile. A navy veteran of World War II, he credits some of his longevity to a few simple life tenets: be good, stay clean, and don’t bother. But he’s walking proof that laughter is truly the best medicine. “If you laugh every day, you’ll live as long as me,” said Rudy. “I’ve laughed so much [at Monarch], I’ll probably live another 20 years.”