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Charles Manson Has Died at the Age of 83
Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family cult that murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, died Sunday in a Bakersfield, Calif., hospital, Variety reported late last night. He was 83.
The California Department of Corrections released a statement reading, “Inmate Charles Manson, 83, died of natural causes at 8:13 p.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at a Kern County hospital.”
Manson returned to the hospital in mid-November after being hospitalized in January. He was transferred out of Corcoran State Prison, where he had been serving nine life sentences. He had been denied parole 12 times.
Explains the site, the shocking murders brought the carefree hippie era of the late 1960s to a dark end, with Manson and his followers becoming infamous cultural figures. Though he didn’t commit the Tate and LaBianca murders himself, the Corrections Department said, “On December 13, 1971, Manson received a first-degree murder conviction from Los Angeles County for the July 25, 1969, death of Gary Hinman and another first-degree murder conviction for the August 1969 death of Donald Shea.”
Though the murders took place nearly 50 years ago, they continued to have a hold over the popular imagination, notes the site. Quentin Tarantino agreed with Sony Pictures on Nov. 17 to develop his 1969-based movie project that has the events surrounding Manson as a background. The current season of “American Horror Story” portrayed the Manson family in the “Charles (Manson) in Charge” episode. You can read more about Manson’s history over at Variety.
The Killer Klowns from Outer Space have made a couple appearances at Halloween Horror Nights in recent years, with the Klowns getting a Scare Zone in 2018 and a full-on house at Halloween Horror Nights 2019. This year, the Klowns are coming back to Orlando…
The official Halloween Horror Nights Orlando account on Twitter is teasing an appearance from the Klowns this Halloween, but no further details have been provided at this time.
The Twitter account teases, “The Killer Klowns from Outer Space are coming to the street of Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights. More deets coming soon.”
It sounds like they’re teasing either another Scare Zone or a situation where costumed Klowns actors will be prowling around the park at night, but we expect to learn more very soon.
Any appearance from the Killer Klowns at Halloween Horror Nights is a good thing!
Now let’s finally get that movie sequel off the ground, yeah?
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