ANTHONY A. BERNI, AT AGE 77; HELPED RUN CANOBIE LAKE PARK

From: The Boston Globe | Date: August 3, 2004| Author: John Ellement, Globe Staff | Copyright information

At those awkward times when the music started to play and the dance floor was empty, Anthony A. Berni and his wife, Laura, knew what to do: They got up and started moving their feet.

"He loved to dance," Laura Berni said yesterday of her husband of 48 years, "more than anything."

Mr. Berni, 77, who died Saturday in his Atkinson, N.H., home, also loved the business he helped run for 46 years, Canobie Lake Park, the Salem, N.H., amusement park that has been part of the New England ...

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