Woody Harrelson’s Father Passed Away
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.