- Benny Carter was one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, and he received the National Medal of Arts in 2000.
- Benny Carter passed away on July 12, 2003, a month away from what would have been his 96th birthday on August 8.
- Jazz musician.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 9, 1995.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 68-70. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Had one daughter: Joyce Carter.
- Was friends with Coleman Hawkins.
- Inducted into Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1978.
- Has one granddaughter, and one grandson.
- Cousin of Theodore Cuban Bennett.
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