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Tex Watson

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Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American mass murderer who was a central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. Watson is often described as the tactical ringleader of the Tate-LaBianca murders on August 9–10, 1969, when Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles. The next night, Watson traveled to Los Feliz, Los Angeles, and participated in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Watson was convicted of murder in 1971 and sentenced to death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tex Watson is the 56th most popular extremist (up from 174th in 2019), the 1,406th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,008th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Tex Watson ranks 56 out of 283. Before him are Sawney Bean, William Kemmler, Abu Nidal, Mohamed Atta, Butch Cassidy, and Pavlik Morozov. After him are Karl Denke, Friedrich Jeckeln, Gary Gilmore, Dennis Rader, Edmund Kemper, and Fritz Haarmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Tex Watson ranks 82. Before him are Massimo Moratti, Sam Anderson, Steve Martin, Moncef Marzouki, Junji Kawano, and Daniel Cohn-Bendit. After him are Linda Lee Cadwell, Ken Hensley, Haris Silajdžić, Joseph Kosuth, Dennis Rader, and Linda Harrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tex Watson ranks 1,406 out of 20,380. Before him are John Heard (1946), Tom Holland (1943), John Grisham (1955), Michelle Phillips (1944), Howard H. Aiken (1900), and Virginia Apgar (1909). After him are Sam Elliott (1944), Meat Loaf (1947), Kevin Hart (1979), Don Norman (1935), Alicia Keys (1981), and Robert M. La Follette (1855).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Tex Watson ranks 21. Before him are John Hinckley Jr. (1955), H. H. Holmes (1861), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), and Butch Cassidy (1866). After him are Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Rodney Alcala (1943), and Marvin Heemeyer (1951).

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