Thu, 22 March 2007 12:00:00 ET
Woody Harrelson's father, who was first jailed when Woody was only 7, died at prison, after he was convicted guilty for killing a federal judge back in 1979.
Woody Harrelson's father has died in prison. The actor's dad, Charles Harrelson, who had been serving two life sentences in a maximum-security Colorado federal prison for the 1979 slaying of a federal judge, died last week aged 69.
A Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman, Felicia Ponce, said: "He was found unresponsive in his cell on March 15."
Fremont County Coroner Dorothy Twellman has ruled that Charles most likely died of a heart attack in his sleep. Woody was just seven-years-old when his father was first jailed, for killing a Texan businessman.
In 1982 - when Woody was in college - Charles was convicted of slaying a federal judge in San Antonio, Texas, in what prosecutors described as a $250,000 contract murder. He maintained his innocence and appealed in 1998, but the conviction was upheld. A representative for Woody was not available for comment.
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