Charles Manson, a Villain Praised as a Counterculture Hero in 1969, Dead at 83
Manson, the man who struck a violent coda to the era of peace and love, met his end in a Bakersfield hospital at 83. Neil Young, the Mamas and the Papas, and, of course, the Beach Boys all crossed paths
![Charles Manson waiting to hear his death sentence in 1971 -- the 82-year-old mass murderer](https://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/01/wi/afp/03/3il12dt-e1510869101829-420x314.jpg)