 At the time he died, Power lived in Brooklyn, New York and was married to Jessica Benko.Power died in Uganda on March 10, 2014, at age 39, while working on an assignment for "Men's Journal".He had been accompanying British explorer Levison Wood, who was trekking along the Nile in a year-long attempt to become the first person to walk the length of that river, when Power unexpectedly suffered from severe heatstroke while walking in the bush and died within hours before help could arrive.