Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate tētahi kaiwhakaari i puta i te whakaari sitcom roa a Good Times. I takaro a Ben Powers i te ahuatanga o te tane a Thelma a Keith i te ono o nga tau whakamutunga o te whakaaturanga i waenga i te 1978-1979. I mate ia i tana kaainga i New Bedford, Massachusetts i te Paenga-whāwhā 6 i te 64 o ona tau. Kāore i whakaaturia e tōna whānau te take o tōna matenga. I tuhia e Bern Nadette Stanis, te wahine o Powers i runga i te mata, he karere ngakau ki Facebook i te Rāpare hei tohu i te matenga o te kaiwhakaari. Ko te kaiwhakaari a Ben Powers (maui) i mate i te Paenga-whāwhā 6 i te 64 o ona tau. He tino rongonui ia mo tana mahi i runga i te CBS sitcom Good Times, e takaro ana i te tane o te tangata matua a Thelma (matau, i takarohia e Bern Nadette Stanis) 'Ko aku mihi ki te whanau o Ben Powers i mate i etahi ra kua hipa. He kaitapere nui ia, he hoa pai hoki, kua hohoro nei tana haere. He maha nga tangata ka mihi ki a ia. Kia tae atu ki te oranga e whai ake nei, e taku hoa,' i tuhituhi a Stanis. I arotahi a Good Times ki te whanau o Florida me James Evans me a raatau tamariki JJ, Thelma me Michael, e noho ana i tetahi kaupapa whare o Chicago. Ko te whakaaturanga he waahanga o tetahi atu raupapa, Maude, he waahanga ano hoki o te Katoa i roto i te Whanau. I roto i te wāhanga tuatoru o te wa whakamutunga, ka marena a Thelma ki tetahi kaitakaro whutupaoro ngaio ko Keith (kua takarohia e Powers) engari ka raru to ratau marena i te wa e whara ana ia. I whanau a Powers i Brooklyn a i whakatipuhia e ona tupuna i Providence, Rhode Island. I mua i tana whakauru ki te mahi kaiwhakaari, i ako ia i te peita me te tuhi i te Rhode Island School of Design. I kitea ia i a ia e mahi ana i ngā mahi tu-ake i Providence. Hei taapiri ki tana mahi i runga i nga wa pai, i takaro ano a Powers i te ahuatanga o Moochie i runga i te whakaari pirihimana CBS Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer i waenga i te 1984 me te 1985. I puta ano ia i nga whakaaturanga penei i a Gimme a Break, Flamingo Road, The Greatest American Hero me Laverne & Shirley. Ko etahi o ana tohu kiriata ko Cheech & Chong's Next Movie i te 1980, Things Are Tough All Over i te 1982, me The Man Who loved Women i te 1983 i wheturangitia e Burt Reynolds. Ka mahue i a Powers tōna whaea me ōna tuahine tokorua.
I puta mai a Powers i te wa whakamutunga o te whakaari roa o te sitcom. I tākaro ia i te tāne o te pūāhua matua a Thelma. I mate a Powers i te Paenga-whāwhā 6 i tona whare i New Bedford, Massachusetts i te 64 o ona tau. Kāore i whakaaturia e tōna whānau te take o te matenga.