Cult leader Charles Manson has been hospitalized in California with a bleak prognosis, according to a report Wednesday.
The 83-year-old was brought to a Bakersfield hospital three days ago, TMZ.com said.
The notorious mass murderer serving seven life sentences in Corcoran State Prison in California has been suffering from health issues for some time.
In January he had to be hospitalized for severe intestinal bleeding. He also needed surgery to repair a lesion but doctors said he was too weak and sent him back to prison.
Manson’s health has been steadily declining for months.
In January, he was rushed to Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield for severe intestinal bleeding and a sigmoid lesion.
Sources told TMZ that doctors wanted to operate immediately but Manson had refused.
The 83-year-old has been behind bars for more than four decades, since 1969, after he ordered members of his cult – which he dubbed ‘the family’ – to go on a murderous two-day rampage.
Three of followers, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkle and Leslie Van Houten killed seven people: pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Steven Parent and Jay Sebring.
