Manuel Benitez , who went by the stage name Mark Everett, was an 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. 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.
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| Birthdate: | September 28, 1969 |
| Birthplace: | Coral Gables, Florida |
| Date of death: | December 23, 2008 |
| Height: | 5' 10" |
| Also known as: | Manuel Benitez |