The Washington Times reports
that Charles Manson has died in prison.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles
Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across
America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon
Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after
nearly a half-century in prison. He was 83.
Manson, whose name to this
day is synonymous with unspeakable violence and madness, died at 8:13 p.m. of
natural causes at a Kern County hospital, according to a California Department
of Corrections statement.
Michele Hanisee, president of
the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, reacted to the death by quoting
the late Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles prosecutor who put Manson behind
bars. Bugliosi said: “Manson was an evil, sophisticated con man with twisted
and warped moral values.”
“Today, Manson’s victims are the ones who
should be remembered and mourned on the occasion of his death,” Hanisee said.
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