Tate murders | Victims, Perpetrators, & Facts
Tate murders, the shocking and grisly murders of actress Sharon Tate and four other people by followers of cult leader Charles Manson on the night of August 8–9, 1969, in Los Angeles. Two more people were killed on August 10. After two highly publicized trials, Manson and four of his followers were convicted of all the murders in 1971. Tate, a fledgling actress whose best-known movie was Valley of the Dolls (1967), was married to filmmaker Roman Polanski and was more than eight months pregnant. In the summer of 1969 the couple was renting the house at 10050 Cielo Drive,
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