Sharon Tate

[SPKrazy]

was a beautiful woman...

really bizarre, I remember this as I was 8 years old at the time. I was just thinking about this and looked it up.


Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American film actress. During the 1960s she played small roles in television, before starting her film career. She appeared in several films that highlighted her beauty, and after receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers, and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Valley of the Dolls in 1967. Tate's celebrity status increased following her marriage to the film director, Roman Polański, and fashion magazines featured her as a model and cover girl.

Tate was murdered, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson, at her Benedict Canyon home. She was eight and a half months pregnant at the time.

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On August 8, 1969, Tate was two weeks away from giving birth. She entertained two friends for lunch at her home, actress Joanna Pettet and Barbara Lewis, confiding in them her despair at Polanski's delay in returning from London. In the afternoon Polanski phoned her. Her younger sister Debra also called to ask if she and their sister Patti could spend the night with Tate. Tate explained that she was tired and refused. In the evening she went to her favorite restaurant, El Coyote, with Sebring, Frykowski and Folger, returning at approximately 10:30 p.m.<1>

During the night they were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "Family" and their bodies discovered the following morning by Tate's housekeeper, Winifred Chapman. Police arrived at the scene to find the body of a young man, later identified as Steven Parent, shot to death in his car, which was in the driveway. Inside the house, the bodies of Tate and Sebring were found in the living room; a long rope tied around each of their necks connected them. On the front lawn lay the bodies of Frykowski and Folger. All of the victims, except Parent, had been stabbed numerous times. The coroner's report for Tate noted that she had been stabbed sixteen times, and that "five of the wounds were in and of themselves fatal".<13>

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[Bullwinkle925]

1. Yup - I remember well.

I had just moved to California when all this began. We had the Tate/LaBianca murders, The Zodiac and The Zebra killings almost back-to-back, or at least it certainly felt that way. She was beautiful. Sad what happened to them all. Again, another nutcase in our midst.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Scary monsters

That and the Night Stalker (shudder)

[Bullwinkle925]

3. Now, he certainly does have the Monster-in-the-Closet look, doesn't he?

:scared:

[conscious evolution]

4. She was on Beverly Hillbillies

Played Ms. Hathaways secretary.

[SPKrazy]

5. Didn't Know That...

wow,

such a sad and horrible thing...

[conscious evolution]

6. She wore a black wig

She couldn't have been on more than half a dozen episodes.

[SPKrazy]

7. No Shit!

scary is right!

:scared:

[Robeson]

8. Someone here at DU had written an interesting theory of her/there...

...deaths with respect to the motives. It was a long time DU poster, and I wish I could remember all the details. Basically, they said it was drug related, and Manson was doing a "hit" for someone. I wish I could remember the details, because his/her theory was pretty involved.