Charles Manson's cause of death revealed after notorious cult leader passes away in hospital aged 83
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Notorious cult leader Charles Manson's cause of death has been revealed.
The death certificate for the serial killer, responsible for orchestrating the murders of a pregnant film star and six others, shows he passed away from acute cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and colon cancer, according to TMZ.
The certificate, released by Kern County and obtained by the website, lists cardiac arrest as the primary factor in his death aged 83 on November 19.
Respiratory failure and metastatic colon cancer are listed as underlying causes.
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The cult leader passed away last month after falling gravely ill in prison.
The serial killer had been rushed from Corcoran State Prison in central California to a hospital 100 miles away in Bakersfield with an undisclosed complaint before his death.
A statement at the time said he passed away from natural causes: "Inmate Charles Manson, 83, died of natural causes at 8.13pm on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at a Kern County hospital."
Manson had serious health issues back in January, when he was hospitalised for severe intestinal bleeding and needed surgery.
The notorious leader of the Manson Family cult was serving nine life sentences in prison after ordering his followers to carry out the horrific killings in 1969.
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Among his victims were heavily- pregnant actress Sharon Tate - the wife of movie director Roman Polanski - and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring.
Writer Wojciech Frykowski, his partner and coffee bean heiress Abigail Folger, and 18-year-old Steven Parent were also slayed in the US-based attacks.
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Manson - who led the infamous "Manson Family", a quasi-commune in the Californian desert - was convicted over the seven murders in 1971.
Manson and his followers were sentenced to death but that was changed to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional in 1972.
He was turned down for parole 12 times.