Posted: Tue 5:14 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Reporter: Associated Press Email

'Austin Powers' Actor Suspected in Prison Death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California corrections officials say a bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie is suspected in the death of his cellmate at the Central Valley prison where he is serving a life sentence.

Joseph Son arrived at Wasco State Prison northeast of Bakersfield last month after he was sentenced for the 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman. Son, who is 40, played one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, named Random Task, in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."

Corrections department spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday
the death of Son's cellmate on Monday is being treated as a homicide. The dead inmate, who was 50, was serving a two-year sentence from San Luis Obispo County for failing to register as a
sex offender.

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