Linda Kasabian, member of notorious ‘Manson family’, dies at 73

Kasabian was the lookout for the group of cult members who carried out the murder of film star Sharon Tate in 1969

Linda Kasabian, a member of the notorious cult led by Charles Manson that murdered film star Sharon Tate in 1969, has died at the age of 73.

Her death was announced in the Tacoma News Tribune, but the cause of death was not immediately made public. Kasabian had kept a low profile since the killings and according to her death certificate had changed her name to Chiochios" to protect her identity.