Updated Sep 25 – Susan Atkins cause of death was brain cancer. Atkins died at the age of 61.

June 5, 2009.

Susan Atkins, a convict serving her sentence for the murder of actress Sharon Tate, will get a parole hearing soon. Atkins, a patient of brain cancer, has one leg amputated and her other leg is paralyzed. Atkins’ cancer is terminal and she asks for parole on compassionate grounds.

James Whitehouse, Atkins’ husband, said she was 85% paralyzed.

Should Susan Atkins be granted parole?

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This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 5:32 pm and is filed under Gossip.