Ben Powers
July 5, 1950 to April 6, 2015
Age: 64
Died From:
Notable For: American actor. He was best known for his role as Thelma Evans' husband, Keith Anderson, during the sixth and final season of the 1970s TV show Good Times (1978–1979). He also did a season of Laugh-In in the 1970s. After Good Times Powers guest starred on a number of popular TV dramas and sitcom shows of the 80s including Gimme a Break, Flamingo Road, The Greatest American Hero, The New Odd Couple and Laverne & Shirley. Powers was also a regular on the CBS-TV hit detective drama show Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1984-85, until the star, Stacy Keach, was arrested in London for cocaine smuggling and the show was canceled while Keach did time in England. Powers left the Hollywood scene at the end of 1985, before the detective series was picked up again. In the early 1980s, Powers appeared in a handful of big-screen films which included Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Things Are Tough All Over and The Man Who Loved Women as well as a number of made-for-TV movies, mostly in smaller supporting roles.

I keep seeing post and stuff that he died from cancer in his home state on good times imbd other sites.

Why post information that has yet to be confirmed? IMDb is not reliable and you also provided no link to your sources.

I seen it on imbd and here

http://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/sad-news-good-times-actor-ben-powers-keith-passes-away-at-64/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Powers

I seen it on imbd and here

http://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/sad-news-good-times-actor-ben-powers-keith-passes-away-at-64/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Powers

IMDb & Wiki can be edited by anyone at anytime, and the other source you gave is a gossip site so it's still unconfirmed.

Ben Powers is not a huge or even notable star so why would their be any major confirmation on his death. It does not scream CNN or any big time news station headlines.

I pick on MikeL constantly for not posting credible information but I give him props for posting this. We would never have known about Ben Powers death if it weren't for these sites.

Give the man a break. There are so many stupid threads on here and you guys want this one pulled?

I just found out through someone's shared post on Facebook. Sad he had to die young. RIP Ben Powers.

Ben Powers is not a huge or even notable star so why would their be any major confirmation on his death. It does not scream CNN or any big time news station headlines.

I pick on MikeL constantly for not posting credible information but I give him props for posting this. We would never have known about Ben Powers death if it weren't for these sites.

Give the man a break. There are so many stupid threads on here and you guys want this one pulled?

Trust me, I know what I'm doing. First of all, I never stated that Ben Powers was a huge name nor did I say anything about CNN on any other news station. When I said reliable source, I meant Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Variety, etc...

Second, the sources he gave are not reliable, everyone here knows that IMDb and Wiki have been known to post false info.

Finally, he may very well have passed but like I said, why start a thread without a reliable source to back-it-up?

I just found out through someone's shared post on Facebook. Sad he had to die young. RIP Ben Powers.

Saw it on Facebook also but the source is the same that MikeL gave so it's still unconfirmed. If the page you saw has a different source then please link to it.

Yea I looked around and can't find anyplace that confirms it. I hope it's not true.

bern naddete stanis herself even mentions it much proof as I need

https://www.facebook.com/thelmaofgoodtimes?fref=ts

bern naddete stanis herself even mentions it much proof as I need

https://www.facebook.com/thelmaofgoodtimes?fref=ts

Thanks for the link. If anyone would know for sure it's her.

:rip: Ben.

R.I.P.

R.I.P. Ben. :(

IMDb & Wiki can be edited by anyone at anytime, and the other source you gave is a gossip site so it's still unconfirmed.


Ben's Obituary (http://www.auclairfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3052870&fh_id=10357)

RIP Ben

Ben's Obituary (http://www.auclairfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3052870&fh_id=10357)

How did you find it? I've been scouring the internet for 2 solid days and came up empty including an exhaustive search of funeral homes and Google brought up nothing no matter how I entered it.

How did you find it? I've been scouring the internet for 2 solid days and came up empty including an exhaustive search of funeral homes and Google brought up nothing no matter how I entered it.


I searched using his birth name.

I searched using his birth name.

Likewise and no dice until today.

r I p ben:(

here more info from deadline Hollywood

http://deadline.com/2015/04/ben-powers-dies-good-times-actor-was-64-1201412448/

Powers lived just a few miles away from me, and at one time, my he was a patient where one of my relatives worked (in a Providence health-care facility). His obit is in today's local paper. They have nothing but fond memories of him during his stay there just a few years ago.

I read he was in the revival of Laugh In. That one had Robin Williams. WOOOOW!! That was him? OMG!! Small world.

I think he is only the second person from Good Times that has passed. Esther Rolle (Florida) passed in 1998 and I think everyone else is still living.

Well to be fair, most of the cast was younger than Ben or just a few years older than him. Janet Dubois is only five years older than him, Jimmie Walker is 3 years older, Bernadette Stanis is 1 or two years younger than him, Ralph Carter is 11 years younger, and Janet Jackson is 16 years younger than him. Only Johnny Brown and Esther Rolle were considerably older than him..... Think Esther was like 30 years older than him and Johnny 13 years older than him.

Did he really die? That's sad..

Did he really die? That's sad..


Yes! I just looked it up, and he died of liver cancer! That's horrible! :(

IMDb & Wiki can be edited by anyone at anytime, and the other source you gave is a gossip site so it's still unconfirmed.
It's true but the cause has yet to come out.