So how did the role come to be? Benson tells PEOPLE he just got lucky. "I got very lucky," says Benson, 69, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest with Karla DeVito, his actress wife of 43 years.

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Benson Ag-Ed teacher and longtime FFA advisor Jessica Zamudio has broken her silence about the Benson School District's effort Wednesday night to end her employment and insists she is going to demand ...