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2000s–2017
On September 5, 2007, MSNBC aired The Mind of Manson, a complete version of a 1987 interview at California's San Quentin State
Prison. The footage of the "unshackled, unapologetic, and unruly" Manson had been considered "so unbelievable" that only seven
minutes of it had originally been broadcast on Today, for which it had been recorded.
In March 2009, a photograph of Manson showing a receding hairline, grizzled gray beard and hair, and the swastika tattoo still
prominent on his forehead was released to the public by California corrections officials.
In 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported that Manson was caught with a cell phone in 2009 and had contacted people in California,
New Jersey, Florida and British Columbia. A spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections stated that it was not known if
Manson had used the phone for criminal purposes. Manson also recorded an album of acoustic pop songs with additional production
by Henry Rollins, titled Completion. Only five copies were pressed: two belong to Rollins, while the other three are presumed to have
been with Manson. The album remains unreleased.

Illness and death

On January 1, 2017, Manson was being held at Corcoran Prison, when he was rushed to Mercy Hospital in downtown Bakersfield,
because he had gastrointestinal bleeding. A source told the Los Angeles Times that Manson was very ill, and TMZ reported that his
doctors considered him "too weak" for surgery that normally would be performed in cases such as his. He was returned to prison on
January 6, and the nature of his treatment was not disclosed. On November 15, 2017, an unauthorized source said that Manson had
returned to a hospital in Bakersfield but the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not confirm this in conformity
with state and federal medical privacy laws. He died from cardiac arrest resulting from respiratory failure, brought on by colon cancer, at
the hospital on November 19.
Three people stated their intention to claim Manson's estate and body. Manson's grandson Jason Freeman stated his intent to take
possession of Manson's remains and personal effects. Manson's pen-pal Michael Channels claimed to have a Manson will dated
February 14, 2002, which left Manson's entire estate and Manson's body to Channels. Manson's friend Ben Gurecki claimed to have a
Manson will dated January 2017 which gives the estate and Manson's body to Matthew Roberts, another alleged son of Manson. In
2012, CNN ran a DNA match to see if Freeman and Roberts were related to each other and found that they were not. According to
CNN, two prior attempts to DNA match Roberts with genetic material from Manson failed, but the results were reportedly contaminated.
On March 12, 2018, the Kern County Superior Court in California decided in favor of Freeman in regard to Manson's body. Freeman
had Manson cremated on March 20, 2018. As of February 7, 2020, Channels and Freeman still had petitions to California courts
attempting to establish the heir of Manson's estate. At that time, Channels was attempting to force Freeman to submit DNA to the court
for testing.

Personal life
Involvement with Scientology
Manson began studying Scientology while incarcerated with the help of fellow inmate Lanier Rayner, and in July 1961, Manson listed
his religion as Scientology. A September 1961 prison report argues that Manson "appears to have developed a certain amount of
insight into his problems through his study of this discipline". Upon his release in 1967, Manson traveled to Los Angeles where he
reportedly "met local Scientologists and attended several parties for movie stars". Manson completed 150 hours of auditing. Manson's
"right hand man", Bruce M. Davis, worked at the Church of Scientology headquarters in London from November 1968 to April 1969."
Relationships and alleged child
In 2009, Los Angeles disc jockey Matthew Roberts released correspondence and other evidence indicating that he might be Manson's
biological son. Roberts' biological mother claims that she was a member of the Manson Family who left in mid-1967 after being raped
by Manson; she returned to her parents' home to complete the pregnancy, gave birth on March 22, 1968, and put Roberts up for
adoption. CNN conducted a DNA test between Matthew Roberts and Manson's known biological grandson Jason Freeman in 2012,
showing that Roberts and Freeman did not share DNA. Roberts subsequently attempted to establish that Manson was his father
through a direct DNA test which proved definitively that Roberts and Manson were not related.
In 2014, the imprisoned Manson became engaged to 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton and obtained a marriage license on November 7.
Manson gave Burton the nickname "Star". She had been visiting him in prison for at least nine years and maintained several websites
that proclaimed his innocence. The wedding license expired on February 5, 2015, without a marriage ceremony taking place. Journalist
Daniel Simone reported that the wedding was canceled after Manson discovered that Burton wanted to marry him only so that she and
friend Craig Hammond could use his corpse as a tourist attraction after his death. According to Simone, Manson believed that he would
never die and may simply have used the possibility of marriage as a way to encourage Burton and Hammond to continue visiting him
and bringing him gifts. Burton said on her website that the reason that the marriage did not take place was merely logistical. Manson
had an infection and had been in a prison medical facility for two months and could not receive visitors. She said that she still hoped
that the marriage license would be renewed and the marriage would take place.
Psychology
On April 11, 2012, Manson was denied release at his 12th parole hearing, which he did not attend. After his March 27, 1997, parole
hearing, Manson refused to attend any of his later hearings. The panel at that hearing noted that Manson had a "history of controlling
behavior" and "mental health issues" including schizophrenia and paranoid delusional disorder, and was too great a danger to be
released. The panel also noted that Manson had received 108 rules violation reports, had no indication of remorse, no insight into the
causative factors of the crimes, lacked understanding of the magnitude of the crimes, had an exceptional, callous disregard for human
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suffering and had no parole plans. At the April 11, 2012, parole hearing, it was determined that Manson would not be reconsidered for
parole for another 15 years, i.e. not before 2027, at which time he would have been 92 years old.

Legacy
Cultural impact
In June 1970, Rolling Stone made Manson their cover story.[135] Bernardine Dohrn of the Weather Underground reportedly said of the
Tate murders: "Dig it, first they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, then they even shoved a fork into a
victim's stomach. Wild!" Manson fanatic James Mason claimed to be acting on a suggestion from Charles Manson based on his
interpretation of something Manson said in a televised interview, when Mason founded the Universal Order, a neo-Nazi group that has
influenced other movements such as the terrorist group the Atomwaffen Division. Bugliosi quoted a BBC employee's assertion that a
"neo-Manson cult" existed in Europe, represented by approximately 70 rock bands playing songs by Manson and "songs in support of
him".
Music
Manson was a struggling musician, seeking to make it big in Hollywood between 1967 and 1969. The Beach Boys did a cover of one of
his songs. Other songs were publicly released only after the trial for the Tate murders started. On March 6, 1970, LIE, an album of
Manson music, was released. This included "Cease to Exist", a Manson composition the Beach Boys had recorded with modified lyrics
and the title "Never Learn Not to Love".Over the next couple of months only about 300 of the album's 2,000 copies sold.
There have been several other releases of Manson recordings – both musical and spoken. One of these, The Family Jams, includes
two compact discs of Manson's songs recorded by the Family in 1970, after Manson and the others had been arrested. Guitar and lead
vocals are supplied by Steve Grogan; additional vocals are supplied by Lynette Fromme, Sandra Good, Catherine Share, and others.
One Mind, an album of music, poetry, and spoken word, new at the time of its release, in April 2005, was put out under a Creative
Commons license.
American rock band Guns N' Roses recorded Manson's "Look at Your Game, Girl", included as an unlisted 13th track on their 1993
album "The Spaghetti Incident?" "My Monkey", which appears on Portrait of an American Family by the American rock band Marilyn
Manson, includes the lyrics "I had a little monkey / I sent him to the country and I fed him on gingerbread / Along came a choo-choo /
Knocked my monkey cuckoo / And now my monkey's dead." These lyrics are from Manson's "Mechanical Man", which is heard
on LIE. Crispin Glover covered "Never Say 'Never' to Always" on his album The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution=Let It
Be released in 1989.
Musical performers such as Kasabian, Spahn Ranch, and Marilyn Manson derived their names from Manson and his lore.