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Benti ended up disillusioned with local television news in the Los Angeles market, commenting "I lost my interest and love for TV news in 1979," adding "it's all jockstraps and G-strings."

Benti interviewed President Gerald Ford in Sacramento on September 5, 1975, only hours after Manson family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate him. Ford discussed his stamina and his ability to deal with mental pressure.

He married his first wife, Rosalie Ammerman of Dana, Indiana in 1955. They had three children and divorced in 1974.

Benti co-hosted the CBS interview show Face the Nation with Martin Agronsky on December 15, 1966, when they interviewed Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, and a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On May 17, 1977, Benti and Connie Chung interviewed Jimmy Carter, four months after he became president.

Benti was a close friend of science fiction author Ray Bradbury, and produced a documentary film, Ray Bradbury: Writer, Storyteller, Dreamer.

Ray Bradbury Uncensored!: The Unauthorized Biography