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Charles Manson

American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)

Charles Manson

Manson's 1968 mugshot

Born

Charles Milles Maddox


(1934-11-12)November 12, 1934

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

DiedNovember 19, 2017(2017-11-19) (aged 83)

Bakersfield, California, U.S.

Known forManson Family murders
Spouses

Rosalie Willis

(m. 1955; div. 1958)​

Leona Stevens

(m. 1959; div. 1963)​
Children3
Conviction(s)
Criminal penaltyDeath; commuted to life imprisonment
Accomplice(s)Members of the Manson Family, including Susan Atkins, Mary Brunner, and Tex Watson
Victims9+ murdered by proxy

Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[1] Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and Augu

Charles Manson

1934-2017

Who Was Charles Manson?

Charles Manson spearheaded a murderous campaign with his followers, the Manson Family cult, that made him one of the most infamous criminals in history. The group’s killing spree included the notoriously brutal slayings of pregnant actor Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents. For these crimes, Manson received the death penalty in 1971, a sentence that was commuted to life in prison the following year. In total, he is thought to be responsible for around 35 murders. Manson died in prison of natural causes in 2017, just after his 83rd birthday.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Charles Milles Manson
BORN: November 12, 1934
DIED: November 19, 2017
BIRTHPLACE: Cincinnati, Ohio
SPOUSES: Rosalie Jean Willis (1955-1958) and Leona Rae “Candy” Steves (1959-1963)
CHILDREN: Charles Manson Jr. and Charles Luther Manson
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio

Early Life

Charles Manson was Charles Milles Maddox born on November 12, 1934, in Cincinnati to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old girl who was both an alcoholic and a prostitute.

Kathleen later mar

Books

Beausoleil was convicted for the murder of Gary Hinman, Davis and Grogan for their participation in the death of Donald (Shorty) Shea. Watson was a member of the group that did the Tate-LaBianca slayings.
–N. E.

JAILS, COURTROOMS AND PRISONS had been my life since I was twelve years old. By the time I was sixteen, I had lost all fear of anything the administration of the prison system could dish out. But convicts, being unpredictable, made it a real possibility that dying in prison would be my fate, especially when the prosecuting attorney, the media and some department of corrections officials planted seeds in the minds of other convicts by statements such as, “Due to the nature of Manson’s crimes he will be a marked man for other convicts seeking attention and notoriety.” In hearing Older pronounce the death sentence, I realized he was doing so with the full authority of the California Judicial System, yet I knew I would never be executed by the State of California. Die in prison, perhaps. But executed by the State, no!

I was right: within a year afte

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