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Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson being transported to a courthouse in Independence, California, 1969.
Charles Manson died on November 19, 2017, at the age of 83 while serving a life sentence in prison.12
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, his death was attributed to natural causes. The autopsy report identified the immediate cause of death as cardiac arrest, resulting from underlying respiratory failure and metastatic colon cancer.2