Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onye omee nke pụtara n'ihe nkiri sitcom a na-akpọ Good Times anwụọla. Ben Powers rụrụ ọrụ nke di Thelma bụ Keith na oge nke isii na nke ikpeazụ nke ihe nkiri ahụ n'etiti 1978-1979. Ọ nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya dị na New Bedford, Massachusetts na Eprel 6 n'afọ 64. Ezinụlọ ya ekpughebeghị ihe kpatara ọnwụ ya. Nwunye Powers na-eme ihe nkiri Bern Nadette Stanis dere ozi mmetụta uche na Facebook na Tọzdee iji cheta ọnwụ onye omee ahụ. Onye na-eme ihe nkiri Ben Powers (n'aka ekpe) nwụrụ n'April 6 mgbe ọ dị afọ 64. A maara ya nke ọma maka ọrụ ya na CBS sitcom Good Times, na-egwu di nke isi agwa Thelma (n'aka nri, nke Bern Nadette Stanis na-egwu) 'Ezi nkasi obi m na-agakwuru ezinụlọ Ben Powers bụ onye nwụrụ ụbọchị ole na ole gara aga. Ọ bụ nnukwu onye na-eme ihe nkiri na ezigbo enyi onye lara n'oge. Ọtụtụ ndị ga na-eche ya. Ruo ndụ ọzọ enyi m,' ka Stanis dere. Good Times lekwasịrị anya na ezinụlọ nke Florida na James Evans na ụmụ ha JJ, Thelma na Michael, bi na ụlọ obibi Chicago. Ihe ngosi ahụ bụ ihe nkedo nke usoro ọzọ, Maude, nke bụkwa ihe nkedo nke All In The Family. N'ime ihe omume nke atọ nke oge ikpeazụ, Thelma lụrụ onye ọkpụkpọ bọọlụ akpọrọ Keith (nke Powers na-egwu) mana alụmdi na nwunye ha na-abanye na nsogbu mgbe ọ merụrụ ahụ. A mụrụ Powers na Brooklyn ma zụlite ya na nne na nna ya ochie na Providence, Rhode Island. Tupu ọ banye n'ime ihe nkiri, ọ mụrụ eserese na eserese na Rhode Island School of Design. Achọpụtara ya mgbe ọ na-eme ihe ngosi na-eguzo ọtọ na Providence. Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ ya na Good Times, Powers mekwara ihe nkiri Moochie na ihe nkiri ndị uweojii nke CBS Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer n'etiti 1984 na 1985. O nwekwara ọbịbịa na-egosi dị ka Gimme a Break, Flamingo Road, The Greatest American Hero na Laverne & Shirley. Ụfọdụ n'ime ihe nkiri ya gụnyere Cheech & Chong's Next Movie na 1980, Things Are Tough All Over na 1982, na The Man Who loved Women na 1983 nke Burt Reynolds gbara. Powers hapụrụ nne ya na ụmụnne ya nwanyị abụọ.
Powers pụtara n'oge ikpeazụ nke sitcom ahụ na-agba ọsọ ogologo oge. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka di nke onye bụ́ isi n'ihe nkiri ahụ, bụ́ Thelma. Powers nwụrụ n'April 6 n'ụlọ ya dị na New Bedford, Massachusetts mgbe ọ dị afọ 64. Ezinụlọ ya ekpughebeghị ihe kpatara ọnwụ ya.