New York Daily News

Die already, you devil!

MANSON RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AGAIN IN GRAVE CONDITION

- BYNANCY DILLON and GINGER ADAMS OTIS

WILD-EYED cult leader Charles Manson has been hospitaliz­ed in California, authoritie­s said Wednesday.

The 83-year-old was brought to a Bakersfiel­d hospital, the Kern County sheriff’s office said.

But authoritie­s refused to disclose any details about his condition, citing privacy laws.

The notorious mass murderer, serving several life sentences in Corcoran State Prison in California, also was hospitaliz­ed in January.

Since arriving at the Bakersfiel­d facility, Manson’s been wheeled around the hospital on a gurney for treatments — guarded by five cops, TMZ.com said.

“It’s not going to get any better for him,” a source familiar with his condition told the website.

Ben Gurecki, a Manson groupie who regularly posts prison calls with the inmate on his YouTube channel, said Manson was brought to Mercy Heart Hospital with heart failure.

“I don’t believe he will leave the hospital,” Gurecki said. “(It’s) heart failure. (His) body is shutting down.” Manson shocked the world on Aug. 9, 1969, when he directed his protege Charles (Tex) Watson to take three female members of his cult — known as the Manson Family — to a posh house above Sunset Blvd. and slaughter everyone there.

The Manson Family members butchered movie director Roman Polanski’s pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, along with celebrity hairstylis­t Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, writer Wojciech Frykowski and visiting teen Steven Parent.

The next night, Manson joined the same four followers along with two others as they broke into the home of supermarke­t executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary.

Manson wanted to show the group the correct way to execute and ordered the LaBiancas bound with lamp cords and their heads covered by pillowcase­s before the savage stabbing started.

The vicious Manson killings stunned Los Angeles and caused a worldwide sensation.

Manson was tried for the horrific murders and sentenced to death along with several members of his psychopath­ic gypsy cult.

The sentences were commuted to life when the death penalty was briefly outlawed in 1972.

Prosecutor­s said Manson and his followers were trying to incite a race war he believed was suggested in the Beatles’ song “Helter Skelter.”

Found guilty in 1971, Manson has been denied parole a dozen times. His next hearing is scheduled for 2027.

While in jail, he infamously carved a swastika into his forehead.

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 ??  ?? Charles Manson in custody in 1969 (main photo) after arrests in his devil cult massacre and in 2014 mug shot (above). Near left, Manson “Family” members Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten (l.-r.) are taken to court in 1969.
Charles Manson in custody in 1969 (main photo) after arrests in his devil cult massacre and in 2014 mug shot (above). Near left, Manson “Family” members Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten (l.-r.) are taken to court in 1969.
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