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Charles Manson

83 years old · died November 19, 2017 · California State Prison, Corcoran, Kern County, California

Charles Manson, 83, died on November 19, 2017, at a hospital in Bakersfield, Kern County, while held in California state prison custody, most recently at California State Prison-Corcoran. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes, and a death certificate listed acute cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and metastatic colon cancer, with no autopsy performed. Reports before his death described months of failing health, including a planned surgery for intestinal bleeding that doctors later judged too risky. Later disputes over his remains and estate went to the Kern County and Los Angeles County courts, and his grandson and a friend described their own relationships with him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes, and the death certificate lists acute cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and metastatic colon cancer.

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Kern County Public Health Department (medical examiner or coroner).

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