Manson Family were Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. Manson was met by Shahrokh Hatami, an Iranian photographer who was Tate's friend. Hatami was there to photograph Tate in advance of her departure for Rome the next day. Having seen Manson through a window as Manson approached the main house, Hatami had gone onto the front porch to ask him what he wanted. When Manson told Hatami he was looking for someone whose name Hatami did not recognize, Hatami informed him the place was the Polanski residence. Hatami advised him to try "the back alley", by which he meant the path to the
Charles Manson when he was rushed to Mercy Hospital in downtown Bakersfield. A source told the "Los Angeles Times" that Manson was seriously ill, and TMZ reported his doctors considered him "too weak" for surgery. He was returned to prison by January 6; whatever treatment he had received was not disclosed. On November 15, 2017, a source not authorized to speak on behalf of the corrections department confirmed that Manson had returned to a hospital in Bakersfield. In compliance with federal and state medical privacy laws, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not confirm this. He died from cardiac arrest