Charles Manson

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Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American cult leader, murderer, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for orchestrating the Tate–LaBianca murders, in which his followers murdered actress Sharon Tate and her unborn child, as well as six others across a two-day period. In total, his followers murdered ten people around Los Angeles in 1969. Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions. While gathering his cult followers, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through an association with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who introduced Manson to record producer Terry Melcher. In 1968, the Beach Boys recorded Manson's song "Cease to Exist", renamed "Never Learn Not to Love" as a single B-side, but Manson was uncredited. Afterward, he attempted to secure a record contract through Melcher, but was unsuccessful. Manson would...

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