Richard passed away on January 31, 2010 at age 74 in Waterbury CT.  He is survived by his wife Carol Cannato Guglielmo, his son Michael, and daughter Patricia and a brother William.

Rich served 5 years in the CT National Guard.   He worked as a body shop manager for Loehmann Blasius Chevrolet for 32 years.  His hobbies included power boating and building street rods.  He was currently building a 1951 Chevy street rod.