A great many of them are still alive. Even though the murders were committed 40 years ago, with the exception of Manson, the family members were mostly in their teens and twenties. Of those convicted in the Tate-LaBianca killings, I think that Susan was the first to die. I also believe they're all still in jail.

What saddens me the most is that Sharon Tate grabbed so many of the headlines. Few people today remember Wojciech Frykowski, Gary Hinman, Shorty Shea, Steven Parent or Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, their lesser known victims. Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring and Sharon were all famous, so I guess it's natural that they got the lion's share of the media attention.

I often think of poor Steven Parent, who went to the house that night to try and sell a clock radio to the caretaker, and ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was just out of high school, and he was quickly forgotten in the media circus that followed.