Profile
Charles Harrelson
Actor
Male
Born
Jul 23, 1938
Hometown
Texas
Died
Mar 15, 2007
Death Place
Colorado
Charles Voyde Harrelson was an American organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood, Jr. , the first federal judge killed in the 20th century. He was the estranged father of actor Woody Harrelson.
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Charles Harrelson
d.2007
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Judge Frederic Block: Risk And Reward: Inside The Life Of A Federal JudgeHuffington Post - Nov 28, 2012
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Charles H. Gurley The HeraldGoogle News - May 01, 2011
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Loves The Beach, The Planet And MoviesNYTimes - Nov 25, 2007
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CHILDHOOD
1938
Birth
Charles Harrelson was born on July 23, 1938 in Huntsville, Texas, the son of Alma Lee (née Sparks) and Voyde Harrelson.
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TWENTIES
1960
21 Years Old
In 1960 he was convicted of armed robbery.
Harrelson's son, Woody Harrelson, became a well-known television and film actor. According to Woody Harrelson, Charles disappeared from the family's home in Houston in 1968, leaving his wife to raise Woody and his two brothers.
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THIRTIES
1973
34 Years Old
Harrelson was tried again in 1973; this time he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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1976
37 Years Old
Harrelson was granted parole in 1976 and was released from prison in September 1978.
1978
39 Years Old
Shortly after Harrelson was paroled in 1978, he was implicated in another murder.
FORTIES
1979
40 Years Old
On May 29, 1979, U.S. District Judge John H. Wood, Jr. was assassinated in the parking lot outside his San Antonio, Texas, townhouse.
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1982
43 Years Old
In September 1982, Harrelson surrendered to police after a six-hour standoff in which he was reportedly "high on cocaine".
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FIFTIES
1989
50 Years Old
According to Jim Marrs in 1989's Crossfire, Harrelson is believed to be the youngest and tallest of the "three tramps" by many assassination researchers.
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1995
56 Years Old
On July 4, 1995, Harrelson and two other inmates, Gary Settle and Michael Rivers, attempted to escape from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary using a makeshift rope.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2007
69 Years Old
He was found unresponsive in his cell on March 15, 2007, having died of severe coronary artery disease.
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