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The New York man convicted of gruesomely killing his siblings and parents in 1974 and subsequently inspiring the
Amityville Horror franchise has died. He was 69.
Ronald DeFeo died on Friday at Albany Medical Center. He was taken to the hospital from a prison in the Catskill Mountains on Feb. 2, state prison officials confirmed to PEOPLE. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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DeFeo was serving a sentence of 25 years to life for shooting and killing his parents and four siblings as they slept in their beds, the he New York state Department of Corrections and Community Services told PEOPLE.