Eddie Benitez

Legendary guitarist Eddie Benitez was born in Puerto Rico on November 12, 1962. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Europe. Raised in Italy and Spain, his father Francisco arranged private lessons for Eddie from the legendary classical guitar virtuoso, Andres Segovia. The Benitez family was unaware that their move to New York in 1968 would set the stage for the start of Eddie's extraordinary music career-one that would be launched onto the world stage when he was still just a young teen.

Eddie's performing career came to a sudden halt when Eddie was diagnosed with Hodgkin's at the young age of 23. This changed his life forever as he survived the cancer and took time off to reflect on life and spirituality. He continued to write music over the years for many dance acts in the mid 80s through the early 90s. His music is a blend of Nu-Jazz, New Age, and Latin written from his heart and filled with love, passion, and devotion.

Throughout his life, Eddie has had many spiritual visions, including those that occurred while overcoming a heart attack and an unexplained 3-day coma. Eddie has experienced a level of healing in these experiences that mystifies doctors and which he understands in a spiritual dimension. Along with his own healings and visions have come healings for others for whom he has prayed. So mysterious and powerful have these been, it caused him to come under investigation in 1993 by MUFON and other Government agencies regarding massive healings in his Florida home. 'There is no healer, but faith in God, Christ and in yourself,' Eddie told the investigators.

One of Eddie's spiritual experiences was a haunting that was documented and recreated for the Discovery Channel series A Haunting-"Casa de los Muertos," by New Dominion Pictures. The episode also features Eddie's music, past and present. The show originally aired October 26, 2007 and was the series' first minority-based episode. It recounts the story of Eddie's battle with an unknown force that possessed his oldest son. Re-airings of the show are to be announced in 2008 for the U.S., along with a schedule for international viewing. The hit series "A Haunting." produced by New Dominion Pictures, has a total of 4 seasons for the Discovery Channel, and "Casa de los Muertos" was rated as the 1 episode by the Nielsen Ratings. (The lead role in this episode was played by Eddie's son, Julian Sosa, who auditioned and got the role with his relation to Eddie unbeknownst to New Dominion Pictures).

Casa de los Muertos (YouTube): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6