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| death_date=May 3, 2010 (aged 42)

| death_date=May 3, 2010 (aged 42)

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]]  

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]]  

|spouse= Zanetta Denise Taylor-Bennett (uses the name Denise)

| spouse= Zanetta Denise Taylor-Bennett (uses the name Denise)<br>

|children=John Denham Bennett<br>

John Denham Bennett<br>

Christiana Marie Bennett<br>

Christiana Marie Bennett<br>

Benjamin Taylor Bennett<br>

Benjamin Taylor Bennett<br>

Southern University (Baton Rouge)

Southern University (Baton Rouge)

|religion=[[United Methodist]]

|religion=[[United Methodist]]

|party[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|footnotes=Though he never won office as an [[African-American]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] in [[Louisiana]], *Bennett founded the nationally recognized Young Leaders Academy in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<br>

|footnotes=Though he never won office as an [[African-American]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] in [[Louisiana]], *Bennett founded the nationally recognized Young Leaders Academy in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<br>

*Bennett was a star track and field athlete at [[Louisiana State University]] between 1987 and 1991.

*Bennett was a star track and field athlete at [[Louisiana State University]] between 1987 and 1991.