David Price Powers (December 2, 1932 – July 3, 2008)[1] was an American television director and producer.
He remained with the show through its entire ten-year run and also directed Burnett in a number of prime-time specials.
[2] In addition to her variety series, Powers directed Burnett in two CBS-TV specials, Sills and Burnett at the Met, with Beverly Sills, for which he was nominated for another Emmy, as well as Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center, with Julie Andrews.
Powers's daughter Debra Lee Vowell (born October 27, 1957) disappeared in January 1979 while on a boating trip off the California coast.
[3] Powers died July 3, 2008, in Palm Desert, California, of skin cancer.