Doris Daymay have singlehandedly saved her son from death at the hands of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, according to a bombshell book.
The Hollywood icon — whodied on Monday at the age of 97— made her only child, the late record producer Terry Melcher, vacate his rental home in Benedict Canyon, California, not long before Manson’s “family” committedthe Tate murdersthere in 1969, Beach Boys frontman Mike Love wrote inhis 2016 memoir.
Love detailed friend Melcher’s connection to Manson inGood Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy.
According to Love, bandmate Dennis Wilson’s “inexplicable” friendship with Manson introduced the latter to many of the Beach Boys’ comrades — including Melcher. Soon, Manson began to accompany Melcher and Wilson on many of their club outings.
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“Manson was also in the car one day when Dennis dropped Terry off at his rented home at 10050 Cielo Drive, at the top of a steep hill in the Benedict Canyon area,” Love wrote, noting that Melcher was living in the property with his then-girlfriend, actressCandice Bergen.
In 1969, Melcher began visiting wannabe rock star Manson at his ramshackle dwelling, the Spahn Ranch — likely, Love wrote, as a favor to Wilson.
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Wrote Love, “The move was no accident. Terry, Doris’ only child, was extremely close to his mom. He had told her about Manson – and about some of his scary antics, his brandishing of knives, his zombie followers — and that Manson had been to the house on Cielo and she insisted he move out.”
Seven months later, on Aug. 9, 1969, several Manson “family” members murdered 8-months-pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other victims at 10050 Cielo Drive. The following night, they killed Rosemary and Leno LaBianca at their home a few miles away.
Of Day’s insistence that Melcher move, Love said, “A mother’s intuition, perhaps, and it may have saved his life.”
Good Vibrationsis available for purchase now.
Day’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE that the actress died at 1:00 a.m. on Monday at her home in California.
The Associated Presswas first to report the news, which comes nearly two months after the actress celebrated her birthday and shared a recent photo with PEOPLE.
source: people.com
