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Good Times Star Ben Powers Dies at 64
Good Times Star Ben Powers Dies at 64
Alton “Ben” Powers, known best for his work on CBS sitcom Good Times, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 64.
Powers passed away on April 6 in New Bedford Massachusetts, according to his family obituary. The cause of death has yet to be revealed.
Powers joined Good Times in its final and sixth season from 1978 to 1979. His character Keith Anderson, a pro football player, married Thelma (Bernadette Stanis) early in the season.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised by his grandparents in Providence, Rhode Island, the actor attended the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design for painting and sketching.
http://time.com/3827609/ben-powers-good-times-actor-dies/