investigate. while we do, glen will be suspended. thrush came to fame covering the trump white house. he was even in skits on saturday night live . a sign that you ve made it. julie: they haven t made fun of me there. jon: just wait. julie: murderer charles manson is dead at 83. manson and his family of followers were behind a gruesome murder spree that left seven people dead in 1969. his most famous victim was sharon tait 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time of her death. we re live in los angeles with more. manson was a felon and celebrity. the crimes he committed shocked the country but also fascinated viewers. his life was bizarre, crime was a mystery and his trial was pure theater. actress sharon tait was pregnant and manson s cult
he died in a hospital in california. he was 83. it was the summer of 1969, and the victims included pregnant sharon tait. this life filled with so much controversy. stef? definitely. you think about that, sharon tait was 8 1/2 months pregnant as well. it was said that charles manson wanted to terrorize the nation with these murders. that s exactly what he did. he was a famous no torious mass murderer everything. reporter: gruesome murders that shook the nation. five people killed tess home of hollywood starred sharon tait. another couple murdered the following night. manson was the mastermind, the leader of the clan that carried out the unthinkable. he was convicted of conspiracy and murder in 1971, and infamously went down in history. i do a lot of thing in the
disillusioned clan to kill. on august 9th, 1969, four manson followers invaded the hollywood hills home of actress sharon tait, where they mass akerr five peoples. the next night they brutally murdered the la bianca couple. when the terms helter-skelter were at the murder scenes, that was tantamount reporter: manson and four followers were convicted of nine murders, and sentenced to death in 1971, which was downgraded to life in prison when california banned the death penalty. so when manson died, he was serving out nine life sentences. he did try to get out of the jail. he attempted parole 12 times, and all 12 times he was denied.