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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board's decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, June 3, 2019, marking the third time a governor has stopped the release of the youngest member of Manson's murderous cult. Van Houten, 69, is still a threat, Newsom said, though she has spent nearly half a century behind bars and received reports of good behavior and testimonials about her rehabilitation. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

California governor won’t free Manson follower Van Houten

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

This Aug. 14, 2017, file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Charles Manson. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

Killer Charles Manson alive as reports swirl of ill health

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 8, 2014 file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows serial killer Charles Manson. California prison official says cult killer Manson is alive following reports that he was hospitalized on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Charles Manson’s cult left 7 dead and killed a dream, too

By JOHN ROGERS and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

File-This Sept. 18, 2008, file photo shows Vincent Bugliosi speaking at a news conference in Burlington, Vt. The prosecutor in the Charles Manson trial who went on to write the best-selling true-crime book, “Helter Skelter,” has died. Bugliosi was 80 years old. His son Vincent Bugliosi Jr. tells the Associated Press Monday, June 8, 2015, that Bugliosi died of cancer Saturday at a hospital in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80

By LINDA DEUTSCH and ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press