Hatcher's Jailed Uncle Dead

The alleged child molester TERI HATCHER helped put behind bars has died in jail.

Richard Hayes Stone was serving a 14-year jail sentence when he died on Tuesday (19Aug08) of colon cancer, according to reports.

Hatcher's private testimony helped prosecutors determine that Stone, who was the actress' uncle, was a child molester. She revealed that she was one of his victims.

Hatcher came forward after reading about the suicide of another teenage victim, who left a note condemning Stone's sick actions.

Stone later pleaded guilty and was jailed in 2002.

Hatcher revealed all about her molestation hell and confirmed she had helped the authorities jail her uncle in a 2006 Vanity Fair article, and later in her autobiography Burnt Toast.