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Charles Manson

Also known as Charles Miles Manson, Charles Milles Manson, Charles Milles Maddox

Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people around Los Angeles in 1969.

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Charles Milles Manson (born Charles Milles Maddox) was an American criminal, serial killer, and musician. Born in Cincinnati in 1934, he was educated at Pasadena City College and spoke English. He was convicted of murder and suffered from antisocial personality disorder and schizophrenia. Manson played the guitar and was associated with musical groups in the United States that performed alternative metal, alternative rock, industrial, industrial metal, and industrial rock.

Manson died of colorectal cancer and cardiac arrest in Bakersfield in 2017 due to natural causes. He was buried or cremated on March 17, 2018. At the time of his death, he was detained at California State Prison, Corcoran. He was an atheist and had three children.

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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Charles Milles Manson (November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) led the California-based Manson Family cult based in the late 1960s. Some cult members committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution…

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My Grandfather Charles Manson — Self (archive footage)2026
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes — Self - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage)2026
Chaos: The Manson Murders — Self (archive footage)2025
The Beach Boys — Self (archive footage)2024
Making Manson — Self (archive footage)2024
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue — Self (archive footage)2022
Hymns from the Abyss — Self (archive footage)2021
Zappa — Self (archive footage)2020
Helter Skelter: An American Myth — Self (archive footage)2020
Charles Manson: The Funeral — Self (archive footage)2019

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1934
Active to: 2017

alternative metalalternative rockindustrialindustrial metalindustrial rockmetal

Discography

LIE: The Love and Terror Cult1970
Sick City1987
Helter Skelter1988
Poor Old Prisoner Boy1989
Charles Manson1993
Live at San Quentin1993
Manson Documentary Soundtrack1993
Commemorating Sixty Years of Struggle Against Cowardice, Stupidity, and Lies.1995
Manson Speaks1995
I'm On Fire1997

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Instance of: human
Part of: Manson Family
Given name: Charles
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Cincinnati
Place of death: Bakersfield
Occupation: musician
Educated at: Pasadena City College
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: atheism
Instrument: guitar
Official website: www.charlesmanson.com
Image: Charles-mansonbookingphoto.jpg
Height: 157
Number of children: 3
Residence: Spahn Ranch
Convicted of: murder

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Commons category: Charles Manson
date of birth: 1934-11-12
topic's main category: Category:Charles Manson
place of detention: California State Prison, Corcoran
medical condition: schizophrenia
name in native language: Charles Milles Manson
date of death: 2017-11-19
manner of death: natural causes
date of burial or cremation: 2018-03-17
birth name: Charles Milles Maddox
cause of death: cardiac arrest
writing language: English language
sexual orientation: bisexuality

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Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine 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.

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