Name: | Benny Mardones |
Occupation: | Pop Singer |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | November 9, 1946 |
Age: | 76 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio |
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Before Fame
He began his music career as a songwriter, creating hit songs for Brenda Lee and others.
Biography
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Benny Mardones was born Ruben Armand Mardones on November 9, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, Ruben Sr., who was originally from Santiago, Chile, left the family when Benny was an infant and returned to Chile. Mardones had a sister, two half-brothers, and two half-sisters who live in Chile.
Mardones grew up in Savage, Maryland, and graduated from Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland in 1964. He joined the U.S. Navy after high school and served in the Vietnam War. After his discharge, he moved to New York City to pursue his singing and songwriting career, and composed several songs with writing partner Alan Miles.
“Into the Night” charted a second time in 1989 when Phoenix, Arizona radio station KZZP ran a segment titled “Where Are They Now?”, and Scott Shannon, then-program director for Pirate Radio in Los Angeles, added “Into the Night” to its playlist. Other stations across the country followed suit and “Into the Night” was once again a hit, peaking at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Curb Records signed Mardones and he recorded “Into the Night ’89.” The track appeared on his self-titled release that year.
Mardones was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2000, but continued to tour and perform until the mid-2010s. In July 2018, he underwent deep brain stimulation to reduce his motor symptoms, but complications from multiple surgeries resulted in coordination issues that resulted in repeated falls and hip injuries.
On October 4, 2011, he married his third wife, Jane Braemer, originally from Denmark, and they resided in Menifee, California. Mardones had a son, Michael (born 1985), from a previous marriage.
Mardones died at age 73 from complications of the disease on June 29, 2020.
Upcoming Birthday
Currently, Benny Mardones is 75 years, 10 months and 27 days old. Benny Mardones will celebrate 76th birthday on a Wednesday 9th of November 2022.
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