Austin Powers' actor suspected in prison death
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie is suspected in the death of his cellmate at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said Tuesday.
Joseph Son , 40, wore a bowler hat and played one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, named Random Task, in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." He also was a mixed martial artsfighter who appeared in several other movies or videos in the 1990s, according to his Hollywood biography.
He arrived at Wasco State Prison in the state's Central Valley on Sept. 16 after he was sentenced in Orange County for the 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman.
The dead inmate was a parole violator serving a new two-year sentence from San Luis Obispo County for failing to register as a sex offender. He was found dead in the cell he shared with Son before 6 p.m. Monday.
The death was being treated as a homicide, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said.
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