Charles Manson, the cult leader, musician, and murderer has died at 83 of natural causes.
In 1971, Manson was imprisoned for life for the murder and conspiracy to murder of Abigail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, Sharon Tate Polanski, Jay Sebring and Leno and Rosemary La Bianca.
Since the Manson Family's crimes, Charles Manson has been influential in popular culture - even making it to the cover of Rolling Stone. He has also influence the names of several bands - Most famously Marilyn Manson, as well as Kasabian and Spahn Ranch.
In 1994, Marilyn Manson released the track My Monkey on his record Portrait Of An American Family, which featured verses from Mechanical Man, which was written and performed by Charles Manson in 1968.
