Vincent Bugliosi, prosecuted Manson Family
LOS ANGELES - Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson trial into a career as a best-selling author, has died, his son said.
LOS ANGELES
- Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson trial into a career as a best-selling author, has died, his son said.
Bugliosi, 80, who had struggled with cancer in recent years, died Saturday night at a hospital in Los Angeles, his son, Vincent Bugliosi Jr., told reporters.
Bugliosi Jr. said his father had "an unflagging dedication to justice" in everything he did.
As an author, Bugliosi Sr. was best known for "Helter Skelter," which was his account of the Manson Family and the killings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others by followers of the cult leader, Charles Manson.
Bugliosi had prosecuted Manson and his female followers, winning convictions in one of America's most sensational trials.
He was an unknown Los Angeles deputy district attorney on Aug. 9, 1969, when the bodies of Tate, the beautiful actress wife of Roman Polanski, and four others were discovered butchered by unknown assailants who left bloody scrawlings on the door of her elegant home.