The Buzz | Prosecutor in Charles Manson trial dies at 80

Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson murder trial into a career as a bestselling author, has died, his son said Monday night. He was 80 years old.  As an author, Bugliosi was best known for “Helter Skelter,” which was his account of the Manson Family and the killings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others by followers of the cult leader, Charles Manson. Bugliosi had prosecuted Manson and his female followers, winning convictions in one of America’s most sensational trials. He was an unknown LA attorney on Aug. 9, 1969, when the bodies of Tate, the beautiful actress wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were discovered butchered by unknown assailants who left bloody scrawlings on the door of her elegant home.