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-'''Charles Milles <!--Please don't alter this middle name, it is Milles --> Manson''' (born [[November 12]], [[1934]], as Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a [[cult]]-like [[hippie]] [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967. He was convicted of the [[1969]] [[Sharon Tate|Tate]]-[[Leno and Rosemary LaBianca|LaBianca]] [[murder]]s, which members of the commune carried out at his instruction. Though there was no evidence Manson personally killed any of the victims, he was also found guilty of the murders themselves, through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy. 
-Manson is forever associated with [[Helter Skelter]], an imagined [[racial]] [[cataclysm]] that he told his followers was impending and that the crimes were intended to precipitate. This conception's connection with [[rock music]] linked him, from the beginning of his [[notoriety]], with [[pop culture]], in which he has become a symbol of [[transgression]], [[rebelliousness]], [[wicked]]ness, [[ghoul]]ishness, [[bloody]] [[violence]], [[homicidal]] [[psychosis]], and the [[macabre]].+'''Charles Milles Manson''' (born '''Charles Milles Maddox''', November 12, 1934&nbsp;– November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and [[cult]] leader who formed what became known as the [[Manson Family]], a quasi-[[commune]] in California in the late 1960s. Manson's followers committed a [[Tate murders|series of nine murders]] at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the actress [[Tate murders|Sharon Tate]], all of which were carried out at his instruction by members of the group. Manson was also convicted of first-degree murder for two other deaths.
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-At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed ex-convict, who had spent half his life in correctional institutions for a variety of minor and major offenses. In the subsequent period before the murders, he situated himself on the periphery of the Los Angeles music industry, through a chance association with [[Dennis Wilson]]. After Manson was charged with the crimes, recordings of songs written by Manson and performed by him or members of the Family were released commercially; many artists have covered his songs in the decades since.+
-Manson's original death sentence was automatically commuted to [[life imprisonment]] when a decision by the Supreme Court of California eliminated the death penalty in that state. {{GFDL}}+At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed [[ex-convict]] who had spent half of his life in correctional institutions for a variety of offenses. Before the murders, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with [[Dennis Wilson]], drummer and founding member of [[the Beach Boys]]. Manson believed in what he called "[[Helter Skelter (Manson scenario)|Helter Skelter]]", a term he took from [[the Beatles]]' [[Helter Skelter (song)|song of the same name]] to describe an impending [[Apocalypse|apocalyptic]] [[race war]]. He believed the murders would help precipitate that war. From the beginning of his notoriety, a [[popular culture|pop culture]] arose around him in which he ultimately became an [[emblem]] of [[insanity]], [[violence]] and the [[macabre]]. After Manson was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially. Various musicians have [[Cover version|covered]] some of his songs.
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 +Manson was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life without parole after California invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He served out his [[Life imprisonment|life sentence]] at [[California State Prison, Corcoran|California State Prison]] in [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]] and died of [[natural causes]] at age 83 in 2017.
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Charles Milles Manson (born Charles Milles Maddox, November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and cult leader who formed what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune in California in the late 1960s. Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, all of which were carried out at his instruction by members of the group. Manson was also convicted of first-degree murder for two other deaths.

At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed ex-convict who had spent half of his life in correctional institutions for a variety of offenses. Before the murders, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis Wilson, drummer and founding member of the Beach Boys. Manson believed in what he called "Helter Skelter", a term he took from the Beatles' song of the same name to describe an impending apocalyptic race war. He believed the murders would help precipitate that war. From the beginning of his notoriety, a pop culture arose around him in which he ultimately became an emblem of insanity, violence and the macabre. After Manson was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially. Various musicians have covered some of his songs.

Manson was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life without parole after California invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He served out his life sentence at California State Prison in Corcoran and died of natural causes at age 83 in 2017.



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