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Manuel Benitez (September 28, 1969 – December 23, 2008), who went by the stage name Mark Everett, was a former American child actor in Hollywood films and a fugitive wanted by the FBI for the murder of his girlfriend in 2004. On December 23, 2008, he was shot and killed by police officers responding to a hostage situation in El Monte, California.
Manuel Benitez was the illegitimate son of the internationally famous bullfighter Manuel Benitez, known as "El Cordobes," the greatest bullfighter of all time. ( Not to be confused with the younger bullfighter with the same name who claimed to... MORE
Manuel Benitez (September 28, 1969 – December 23, 2008), who went by the stage name Mark Everett, was a former American child actor in Hollywood films and a fugitive wanted by the FBI for the murder of his girlfriend in 2004. On December 23, 2008, he was shot and killed by police officers responding to a hostage situation in El Monte, California.
Manuel Benitez was the illegitimate son of the internationally famous bullfighter Manuel Benitez, known as "El Cordobes," the greatest bullfighter of all time. ( Not to be confused with the younger bullfighter with the same name who claimed to be El Cordobes illegitimate son, (known in bullfighting circles as "The Pretender." ) Spanish Paparazzi followed the real El Cordobes and Manny's mother, Alina Elizabeth Velasco throughout the world as they partied through the seventies. Their relationship ended in a bitter five year court dispute with Manny's mother moving to Los Angeles to hire the famous palimony lawyer Marvin Mitchelson to seek support for her and her son who seemed a natural in Hollywood. Benitez was nine years old when he began his acting career. His early victories in Hollywood were guided by the iron hand of the legendary LESS
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