

LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood actress, an internationally known male hairdresser and an heiress to a coffee fortune were found slain along with two other men Saturday in what one policeman described as a "ritualistic" killing. The Associated Press is republishing this article about the killings at Tate's home to mark the anniversary. The next night, Manson followers killed a wealthy grocer, Leno LaBianca, and his wife, Rosemary, in the couple's home across town. The 19-year-old caretaker was arrested in the case but soon released after being cleared of any involvement.
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9, 1969, at Tate's home: Tate, who was 8 ½-months-pregnant, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, Polish movie director Wojciech Frykowski and Steven Parent, a friend of the estate's caretaker. The Manson family, as the cult leader's followers were called, killed five of its victims Aug. LOS ANGELES - Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two successive nights in Los Angeles. Tate was a model and rising film star after her breakout role in the 1966 film, "Valley of the Dolls." She was 8-1/2 months pregnant when she was attacked as she pleaded with her Manson Family killers to spare the life of her unborn son as they killed five people at the home she and Polanski shared in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles on Aug. 20, 1968 file photo, American actress Sharon Tate and Polish born film director Roman Polanski skip downstairs after their wedding at Chelsea Register Office in London. From left, Wojciech Frykowski, Sharon Tate, Stephen Parent, Jay Sebring, and Abigail Folger. 9, 1969 at the Benedict Canyon Estate of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. (AP Photo/File)įILE - This file combination of images shows the five victims slain the night of Aug. Tate was a model and rising film star after her breakout role in the 1966 film, "Valley of the Dolls." She was 8-1/2 months pregnant when she was attacked as she pleaded with her Manson Family killers to spare the life of her unborn son on Aug. (AP Photo/File)įILE - Actress Sharon Tate is shown in this undated file photo. Fifty years ago Charles Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a two-night killing rampage that terrorized Los Angeles and, in the years since, has come to represent the face of evil. One body is under a sheet at upper left another is in the car at lower right. 9, 1969 file photo shows the home of actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski, after Tate and four others were murdered Aug. Fifty years ago, Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a two-night killing rampage that terrorized Los Angeles and, in the years since, has come to represent the face of evil. Tate, a model and rising film star after her breakout role in the 1966 film, "Valley of the Dolls," was eight months pregnant when she and four others were found murdered by cult-leader Charles Manson and his followers. (AP Photo/File)įILE - This combination of file photos shows actress Sharon Tate, left, and at right, her body being taken from her rented house in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles on Aug. Tate, who was eight months pregnant, and four others were found murdered by American cult-leader Charles Manson and his followers. 9, 1969 file photo shows the body of actress Sharon Tate being taken from her rented house on Cielo Drive in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. They had no connection to Sharon Tate or her glamorous friends, but their home was chosen at random by Charles Manson, who tied them up and then, before leaving, ordered his followers to kill them on Aug. 11, 1969, a day after the couple were found murdered.

This combination of photos shows Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, left, in an undated photo provided by their daughter, Cory LaBianca, posing outside their home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles and at right the same home on Aug.
