Former youngster star Sydney Penny, who performed a younger Meggie on The Thorn Birds, and who later grew to become a well-known face to cleaning soap opera followers, most notably as Julia on All My Youngsters, is sharing on social media that her husband has handed away.
“I’m heartbroken to need to share the information that my husband of 29 years, Robert L Powers, handed away early within the morning on New 12 months’s Eve,” Penny introduced on Fb. https://www.fb.com/sydneypenny
“He hadn’t extensively shared that he had been combating most cancers for a number of months, so I do know this might be a shock to many. He cherished seeing your whole actions right here on FB and I do know he would need you to hurry by your unhappiness and shock and proceed to have a good time life as he all the time did.”
Powers died simply sooner or later shy of his 60th birthday.
Sydney Penny and Robert Powers attend the eleventh Annual Cleaning soap Opera Digest Awards on February 17, 1995 at Beverly Hilton Resort in Beverly Hills, California. (Picture by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Assortment through Getty Pictures)
In response to his on-line bio https://robertpowersart.com/about, Robert Lee Powers was born in Okinawa, Japan on January 1, 1965 to USAF Main Samuel Edwin Waters, Jr. and Mary Ann Dailey. Waters, a distinguished F-105 pilot, died in fight through the Vietnam Battle.
Powers, his mom and youthful sister, Samantha returned to Laguna Seashore, Calif. the place Mary Ann later married Arthur William “Invoice” Powers, an actual property developer, who adopted Powers and his sister. Whereas having fun with all that Southern California needed to provide, Powers developed a ardour for artwork. He started portray watercolors after which, transitioned to working in acrylic and oil on canvas, typically creating scenes depicting the ocean, style, or sports activities.
His paintings appeared on such TV reveals as Gilmore Ladies and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Powers met Penny after she was solid on the NBC serial Santa Barbara through the present’s ultimate years. Penny performed sexual abuse survivor B.J. Walker, the daughter of A Martinez’s Cruz and Kim Zimmer’s Jodie.
The couple wed in 1995 in Corona de Mar, Calif. Powers supported Penny in her performing profession which introduced them to New York (the place she performed Julia on AMC reverse Keith Hamilton Cobb’s Noah), Canada, and France. Whereas in Paris, Powers studied on the Cordon Bleu, the place he cultivated his love of cooking.
Penny returned to Los Angeles in 2003 to tackle the function of Samantha on Daring and the Beautiful.
In 2016, Powers bought Jester’s Café on Fort Avenue in Wilmington, North Carolina which he ran till his sickness prevented it in 2024.
Along with Penny, Powers is survived by the couple’s son, Chasen, to whom he referred to on social media as “the boy youngster.” He loved tennis and chatting with neighbors whereas out strolling the canine. Many will keep in mind his cooking, his humorousness, his signature curly blond hair and bigger than life character, however those that knew him finest will cherish him as probably the most loyal of buddies.
Penny stated that there could also be a memorial sooner or later however within the meantime, she requested buddies who want to keep in mind her husband could wish to honor him with a donation to his favourite charity, Paws Place. https://www.fb.com/pawsplace/