Personal Life
Benson married singer and actress, Karla DeVito on July 11, 1982. They have two children, daughter Lyric and son Zephyr.
Benson has been a visiting professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Appalachian State University, the University of Utah and the University of South Carolina.
Benson was born with a heart defect which necessitated heart valve surgery in 1984 and 1998. He is an activist and fundraiser for heart research, which, in 2004, led him to write the book, lyrics and music for an original Off-Broadway play called Open Heart, in which he also starred.
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