Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  (The Hollywood Reporter) Ben Powers, onye mere di Thelma (BernNadette Stanis) bụ Keith Anderson n'oge ikpeazụ nke usoro ihe nkiri sitcom CBS bụ "Good Times", anwụọla. Ọ dị afọ iri isii na anọ. Powers nwụrụ n'April 6 na New Bedford, Mass., ka ezinụlọ ya mara ọkwa. E kpugheghị ihe kpatara ọnwụ ya. Powers sonyeere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke "Good Times" maka oge nke isii na nke ikpeazụ ya site na 1978 ruo 1979 oge, na-egwu Keith, onye ọkpụkpọ bọọlụ ọkachamara. Ihe odide ya na Thelma lụrụ na nke atọ nke oge ahụ, mana ọ merụrụ ụkwụ ya mgbe ọ na-apụ na chọọchị, na-eme ka mmekọrịta ha sie ike. Powers nwekwara ọrụ mgbe niile dị ka "Moochie" na ihe nkiri ihe nkiri CBS, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, site na 1984 ruo 1985. Powers nwere obere ọrụ na "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" (1980). Ọ laghachiri na ndị ọchị ọchị na "Ihe siri ike" (1982). Ọ pụtakwara na "The Man Who Loved Women" (1983) nke Burt Reynolds gbara. Ọ bụkwa onye ọbịa na-egosi ihe ngosi dịka "Gimme a Break", "Flamingo Road", "The Greatest American Hero" na "Laverne & Shirley". A mụrụ ya na Brooklyn ma zụlite ya na Providence, R.I., site n'aka nne na nna ya ochie, Alton "Ben" Powers gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Rhode Island School of Design maka eserese na eserese tupu ilekwasị anya na-eme ihe nkiri. O mere ihe nkiri na-atọ ọchị na Providence, na-etinye mmetụta na abụ n'ime ihe omume ya, ebe onye ọrụ Hollywood chọpụtara ya. Egwuregwu na klọb Playboy dị na Los Angeles, New York na Boston dugara na ọrụ na 1977 na mbipụta e mere ka ọ dịghachi ndụ nke "Laugh-In". Ndị lanarịrịnụ gụnyere nne ya na ụmụnne ya ndị nwanyị bụ Yvonne na Maya. Ndi mmadu anyi tufuru na 2015. ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter. Edebere ikikere nile.
Ben Powers esonyela ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke "Good Times" maka oge nke isii na nke ikpeazụ ya. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ di Thelma bụ́ Keith Anderson.