Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies



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.