‘MasterChef Junior’ Alum Ben Watkins Dies at 14 After Cancer Battle
Ben Watkins, who appeared on season 6 of MasterChef Junior in 2018, died on Monday, November 16, after fighting cancer. He was 14 years old.“Our Ben went home to be with his mother Monday afternoon after a year-and-a-half-long battle with cancer,” Ben’s grandmother Donna Edwards and uncle Anthony Edwards shared in a statement on Tuesday, November 17, on Watkins’ GoFundMe page.