Patti Tate

Patti Tate is thinking back. It's the summer of '69, and she's got her hands on her sister's stomach, feeling the baby inside kick. She was 11 years old then and her 26-year-old sister, actress Sharon Tate, was two weeks away from having her first baby. But on a hot August night, followers of Charles Manson killed seven people, including Sharon Tate, who was repeatedly stabbed as she pleaded for her life and that of her unborn child. "My sister was everything to me," said Tate, 36.

The Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, a nonprofit organization started in 1992, is dedicated to improving public safety and helping the victims of crime and their families. The bureau, with chapters in San Rafael and San Diego, opened its headquarters in West Sacramento in July, 1993. It is named after the late victims' rights crusader Doris Tate, whose daughter, Sharon, was murdered in 1969 by members of the Charles Manson family.

The Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, a nonprofit organization started in 1992, is dedicated to improving public safety and helping the victims of crime and their families. The bureau, with chapters in San Rafael and San Diego, opened its headquarters in West Sacramento in July, 1993. It is named after the late victims' rights crusader Doris Tate, whose daughter, Sharon, was murdered in 1969 by members of the Charles Manson family.

Patti Tate is thinking back. It's the summer of '69, and she's got her hands on her sister's stomach, feeling the baby inside kick. She was 11 years old then and her 26-year-old sister, actress Sharon Tate, was two weeks away from having her first baby. But on a hot August night, followers of Charles Manson killed seven people, including Sharon Tate, who was repeatedly stabbed as she pleaded for her life and that of her unborn child. "My sister was everything to me," said Tate, 36.

Doris G. Tate, who helped forge the crime victims' movement after her daughter Sharon was murdered by the Charles Manson clan in 1969, died Friday. Tate, 68, died at her Rancho Palos Verdes home Friday morning with family members by her side, said her daughter Patti. Tate was found to have a brain tumor in January. Actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant, was one of seven victims in the Manson cult slayings in August, 1969.

Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins on Wednesday was refused parole after an emotional hearing in which she claimed she didn't kill Sharon Tate or anyone else. Atkins, however, said she took responsibility for the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders and wished she could bring the victims back to life. The chairman of the parole board panel announced the rejection of her bid for freedom after a four-hour hearing that concluded with a tearful plea from Tate's sister.

Citing the 25th anniversary of the murder of actress Sharon Tate by Manson "family" members, Gov. Pete Wilson demanded Monday that a Democrat-dominated legislative committee approve major bills in his anti-crime package. "Four members of one committee should not be able to hold 32 million people hostage," Wilson told a campaign-style rally organized by his office and crime victim groups who want dozens of anti-crime bills enacted before the Legislature adjourns at the end of this month.

Guns N' Roses is considering removing its version of a song by mass murderer Charles Manson from future copies of its new album, sources close to the Los Angeles hard rock group said Tuesday. The composition, "Look at Your Game, Girl," which appears on "The Spaghetti Incident?" album released last week, has come under fire from law enforcement and victims rights groups, as well as from the head of the band's record company, entertainment mogul David Geffen.

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Guns N' Roses is considering removing its version of a song by mass murderer Charles Manson from future copies of its new album, sources close to the Los Angeles hard rock group said Tuesday. The composition, "Look at Your Game, Girl," which appears on "The Spaghetti Incident?" album released last week, has come under fire from law enforcement and victims rights groups, as well as from the head of the band's record company, entertainment mogul David Geffen.

Since actress Sharon Tate was slain in her Benedict Canyon home, at least 18,335 people have been murdered in the city of Los Angeles. But no killers have become as notorious as the bizarre cult members responsible for the gruesome slaughter of Aug. 9, 1969. While Tate's husband, film director Roman Polanski, was in Europe, the pregnant actress and four visitors were beaten, stabbed and shot. The word PIGS was scrawled on the front door in Tate's blood.