When was Roman Polanskis wife Sharon Tate murdered by a Charles Manson follower?”
Married to film director Roman Polanski, in 1968, Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she and her unborn baby were murdered (stabbed to death) in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson on August 9, 1969. On September 2, 2009 convicted murderer and former Charles Manson family member, Susan Atkins was photographed in bed during her parole hearing. She was at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, California. Atkins, who admitted killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, died in a prison hospital Thursday night, September 24, 2009. She was 61. Atkins was again denied parole, just before her death, remaining the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system.
On August 8, 1969, Tate was two weeks from giving birth. She entertained two friends, actresses Joanna Pettet and Barbara Lewis, for lunch at her home, confiding in them her disappointment 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 her, but Sharon declined. In the evening she went to her favorite restaurant, El Coyote, with Sebring, Frykowski and Folger, returning about 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 la
Roman Polanski has been arrested. The legendary director, who has lived in France for decades, was taken into custody as he attempted to enter Switzerland Saturday. Polanski’s wife Sharon Tate, pregnant with their child, was murdered in 1969 by Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, who died this week from brain cancer.
