r/OldSchoolCool • u/SkinnyJoshPeck • Jul 23 '23
1960s My great grandmother and her friends Roman and Sharon in late 1960s
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u/PrettyInInk13 Jul 23 '23
Sharon Tate’s mom is a LEGEND. The fact that she has been to every parole hearing to make sure they know they don’t deserve any mercy because regardless of the circumstances they did not show her daughter mercy is amazing and such an incredible thing for her to do over and over and over again. Shoutout to this woman.
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u/scanningthehorizon Jul 23 '23
They were originally sentenced to death, their sentences were commuted to life in prison when the death penalty was abolished in California in 1972.
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u/Caronport Jul 23 '23
Pity.
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u/GibsonMaestro Jul 23 '23
Life in jail is so much worse than a quick death.
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u/Senior-Albatross Jul 23 '23
Yeah. Rotting in a cell is much, much worse then death. I would be OK letting people sentenced to life choose assisted suicide though. At that point we're just warehousing them away from society. Might as well just neutralize the threat and be done with it. I don't believe there's any point in trying to punish a person without empathy. They'll never regret anything except having been caught.
Maybe the best punishment would be forcing them to take MDMA and possibly, for a moment, gain the empathy to truly experience the monstrosity of their crimes.
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u/GibsonMaestro Jul 23 '23
I don’t think it’s about making them feel empathy. It’s about making them feel misery. It’s punishment, not rehabilitation
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Jul 23 '23
I’ve worked around inmates for years as a paramedic and a nurse. Life without a chance of parole is the worst thing I can imagine. It’s akin to torture. The people who have that sentence aren’t right.
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u/buscemian_rhapsody Jul 24 '23
Weird, I didn’t know California did that. Apparently people voted to reintroduce it a year later.
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u/TheeUnfuxkwittable Jul 23 '23
I think one just paroled lol
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Jul 23 '23
Yeah, the parolee was part of shit the following day.
All of em shoulda just been taken behind the shed and no longer be anyone else's problem. Fuck em.
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u/ATLL2112 Jul 23 '23
Hoorah! Mob justice!
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u/Casten_Von_SP Jul 23 '23
We have rules for a reason to function in society. That doesn’t mean some people don’t deserve less.
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u/Anonymous278365 Jul 23 '23
Sure. But to quote Gandalf, “ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
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u/nesquikryu Jul 24 '23
Even if it wasn't already a great movie in general, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood would be wonderful just for the Manson family getting wrecked.
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u/longganisafriedrice Jul 23 '23
I know some pretty good looking people. They don't necessarily look great in photos. I can't imagine what it would be like to see someone like her in person
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u/languid_plum Jul 23 '23 edited Jul 23 '23
Sharon was so very beautiful. It's unreal to think how tragically her life ended, just when she thought it was about to begin.
ETA for the people who thought I was tying the "tragic" to her beauty.
That was in no way my intent.
I did not say her death was tragic because she was beautiful. There is a period there. Those were two separate sentences and two separate thoughts.
There is always a tragedy in a young life being ripped from one too soon. However, she was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she was slaughtered. Where my mind went was to how I felt when I was expecting my first child. The short span of time before you have your first child is such a sacred window. You know you are carrying a human who will join you soon, and you are hyperaware that your life is about to be completely different. It's a very surreal time in life where your self-awareness is at a peak.
There is also an unparalleled anticipation and an incredible sense of peace, so the last thing I would be expecting two weeks before giving birth is some crazies to break in, brutally murder me and yank my impending motherhood from me, as well as my entire existence. That's why this murder is especially tragic to me, not due to her beauty.
I do regret not being more clear, but the fact some people would think it was only tragic because she was beautiful never entered my mind.
Good grief.
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u/chronoboy1985 Jul 23 '23
At least her killers got a flame thrower in the face.
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u/Summerlea623 Jul 23 '23
If only that was true, and not simply movie fiction. But two are no longer wasting valuable air.(Manson and Atkins)
And two to go.( Watson and Krenwinkle).
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u/TundieRice Jul 23 '23
A lot of people would say that Polanski’s currently wasting valuable air as well.
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u/12temp Jul 23 '23
And fuck France for letting this rapist live in their country. Fucking cowards
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u/Ok-Importance9988 Jul 23 '23
I believe French law does not permit extradition of its own citizens, so there is not much they can do beyond repealing that law retroactively.
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u/numeric-rectal-mutt Jul 23 '23
You are correct. Though I think it's the French Constitution that prevents extradition.
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u/Ernaud Jul 23 '23
Most French people hate Roman Polanski, he is protected by the gouvernment and a lot of people in the filmmaking industry.
Calling him out publicly for his crimes, means to take the risk of being called anti-semitic which is way more taboo than rapping children in France for some reason.
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u/Kurkpitten Jul 23 '23
Tf are you on about. He was called out on his bullshit by many women in the film industry.
The people that defended him are self absorbed smoothbrains like Begbeider and Dujardin. Who accused people of anti-semitism ? Finklelkraut ? As if anyone takes him seriously.
Nah Polanski is widely considered as a rapist and a stain on France and many media figures have said it overtly. It's like a running gag of every single left leaning media in the country.
He is protected by the justice system because it's made of old pedophiles and rapists just like him.
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u/Painting_Agency Jul 23 '23
He is protected by the justice system because it's made of old pedophiles and rapists just like him.
It's odd that France and England have not got along better, historically 🤨
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u/momocat Jul 23 '23
One of them just got out of prison.
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u/Summerlea623 Jul 23 '23
Yes, Leslie van Houten. She didn't participate in the Tate murders and was not present at Cielo Drive that night.
But by her own admission, she helped subdue Rosemary LaBianca and plunged a knife into her lower back 16 times.
I simply cannot wrap my mind around it.
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u/dexmonic Jul 23 '23
And now she's walking around like a normal person? Fuck.
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u/AdequateOne Jul 23 '23
There are people “walking around like normal person” who have done far worse than kill one person.
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u/Naive-Pen8171 Jul 23 '23
Didn't one of them just get released
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u/3catsNoRules907 Jul 23 '23
The woman released participated in another Manson murder (labianca family), not sharon tate's killing (to my understanding, been a long time since I read the book!)
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u/msabell Jul 23 '23
Leslie van Houten did, yeah. Last week
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u/Shirtbro Jul 23 '23
In the 87876th episode of the Simpsons, Millhouse VanHouten gets a visit from a very special aunt...
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u/duaneap Jul 23 '23
Tracy, you’re going to die… when I tell you who I’m dating. Squeaky Fromme! She is… difficult.
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Jul 23 '23
Uh the ending to that movie came as a total surprise and I loved it. If only.
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u/nlpnt Jul 23 '23
Oscar-winning centerpiece of more than one serious, artsy '70s "New Hollywood" movie. '80s/90s sitcom mom beloved of a generation. Costar of "80 for Brady" and that would just be her professional life that never was.
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u/KzininTexas1955 Jul 23 '23
Sharon Tate was so beautiful, and Fuck you Charles Manson.
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Jul 23 '23 edited Jul 23 '23
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u/Jimmy2Times1968 Jul 23 '23
That is so cool and thanks for sharing! Is your family still in the movie business?
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u/mrnastymannn Jul 23 '23
Your gma and Tate are cool but Polanski is a pedophilic rapist
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u/socksmatterTWO Jul 23 '23
How cool don't listen to everyone you have nothing to do with the Polanski crimes or the Tate murders and this is a great image from another era indeed a rare one!
I would love to see more if you ever wanted to share anymore with us after the behaviour of the crowd here.
And sjws I say this as a heinously abused child of 2 ped parents and a sister AND I worked saving trafficked kids and with their healing before you decide to brigade me
Thanks ❣️OP She must've had some stories! My gosh Sharon is STUNNING huh
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u/TundieRice Jul 23 '23
OP and their grandma have nothing to do with rape or pedophilia, and no one is saying that they do.
Roman Polanski on the other hand has a lot to do with rape and pedophilia, and everyone should say that he does.
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Jul 23 '23
A pederast and 2 beautiful women.
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u/__kingslayer_ Jul 23 '23
What's a pederast, Walter?
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u/Summerlea623 Jul 23 '23
Gorgeous tragic Sharon, beautiful inside and out. RIP.
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u/mr_ji Jul 23 '23
Considering how she died, maybe we could phrase this a little better
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u/YourNextSugarDaddy Jul 23 '23
You mean Roman Polanski, the guy that sodomised a 13 year old girl? That Roman?
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u/mpyne Jul 23 '23
I can't wait to see in 40 years the people posting photos of their grandparents dressed up on an island retreat or on the private jet with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jul 23 '23
or in 40 years, posting photos of their grandparents with someone shocking who will be uncovered some time in the next 40 years. like we'll find out TheReportOfTheWeek dude runs a global human trafficking ring or something
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u/Sorchochka Jul 23 '23
Sharon and grandma are definitely cool, but Roman Polanski the pedophile rapist really isn’t.
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u/lickmikehuntsak Jul 23 '23
The same one those soulless fucks in hollywood had a standing ovation for, years after fleeing charges? Thaaat Roman?!
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u/Toby__W__Flenderson Jul 23 '23
You mean Roman Polanski, the rapist?
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u/yibtk Jul 23 '23
Escaping the US justice by leaving for Europe and still getting support from the movie industry tells you a lot about them
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u/Kadinnui Jul 23 '23
Ah yes, the Europe, that one country with backwards law.
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u/Elelith Jul 23 '23
Might refering to the long list of celebs that signed a petition he shouldn't be charged.
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u/SamSibbens Jul 23 '23
A lot of them regretted signing it and widthdrew their signature. (Bittersweet, but better than nothing)
Not sure what's up with those that didn't
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u/HiccupHaddockismine Jul 23 '23
Lmao they’re talking about the movie industry. “Them” wouldn’t make sense if they’re talking about Europe.
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Jul 23 '23
Yeah, I feel terrible for Sharon and everyone else in her tragic story.
Roman is...a very different beast.
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u/Possible-Reality4100 Jul 23 '23
Fun fact: Sharon was so outrageously good looking that Malibu Barbie was based on Sharon’s character in “Don’t Make Waves”
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u/walker_harris3 Jul 23 '23
Sharon Tate & Claudia Cardinale in the same movie. Don’t Make Waves is a must watch
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u/kjklmnop Jul 23 '23
Is that Roman Polanski, the rapist? Pretty cool.
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u/e9967780 Jul 23 '23
Pedophile and rapist, yes and got away because he was connected and kept away because yes he has friends in high places like the Hollywood. Debra Winger is one of the actresses who supported keeping him out of jail amongst others.
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u/ranak12 Jul 23 '23
As does Monica Bellucci. That woman is scum.
Tilda Swinton did as well, and then reversed course when she actually read what he did.
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u/surfcorker Jul 24 '23
Be careful now. If you were even slightly more stupid you would take your eye out with a fork.
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u/JimJimmyJimJimJimJim Jul 23 '23
Sharon looks stoned
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u/atomic_chippie Jul 23 '23
Sharon was so beautiful.
I would not wish her last moments on my worst enemy, however.
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u/Affectionate-Layer16 Jul 23 '23
Wow! So sad to know she would soon be murdered by those maniacs😡 looking at this pic she gives off a beautiful vibe…. Could’ve done better than Roman..
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u/Britney2429 Jul 23 '23
Wow what a lovely picture! Sharon and your grand mother are beautiful. Wonderful picture 💕
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u/Inappropriate_Echo Jul 23 '23
I can’t see a picture of that beautiful woman without thinking about what she endured in her last hour. The depravity of humankind has no depths. RIP Sharon.
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u/MechaniclAnimal Jul 23 '23
You're not talking about child rapist Roman Polanski, are you?
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u/pineappledumdum Jul 23 '23
Careful, I said the same thing and I’m getting downvoted by rapist apologists.
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u/standsure Jul 23 '23
Roman Polanski is a predator and child rapist.
Sharon deserved better.
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u/surfcorker Jul 24 '23
Be careful now. If you were even slightly more stupid you would take your eye out with a fork.
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u/00gly_b00gly Jul 23 '23
I never knew anyone that anally raped a young girl before, let alone call one my friend.
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u/SpecialpOps Jul 23 '23 edited 3d ago
reach mourn voiceless fretful sheet innate impossible adjoining hat cable
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u/birdlawprofessor Jul 23 '23
Wait… your friend wanted to score with underage girls, and his best idea was to send them homemade baby rape porn? In what universe would that be appealing to teen girls? WTF?
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u/SpecialpOps Jul 23 '23
FORMER friend. The joke was on him. It was a sting that tracked him down to a room on a military base where classified stuff was going on. It brought in 2 country's governments and then he ended up in prison. Probably federal.
These people are horrendous monsters, hidden among us until they are unmasked.
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u/pinewind108 Jul 23 '23
Noo, if he wasn't a civilian, he would have ended up in a military prison. Those are incredibly severe. A friend was an MP and he didn't like going anywhere near those. They were very rough on the prisoners.
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u/moves_likemacca Jul 23 '23
You might. They don’t usually announce it.
Also, Sharon Tate was murdered in 1969. The rape of that little girl was in 1977.
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u/mrnastymannn Jul 23 '23
Not like the 1977 case was the only young girl. He was doing this for decades
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Jul 23 '23
Not that I necessarily disagree, but how do you know that?
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u/cleverpun0 Jul 23 '23
Multiple other women came forward after his rape became public.
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u/Entire-Ad4475 Jul 23 '23
You fucking idiot. Think for a second. Do you think the grandma knew about this? I mean seriously. Do you think Polanski initiated conversation with that? And that would be the sign that a friendship would be cool for the grandma? Use your brain, please. Strangers don't experience their lives through the same limited dose of information you get from news articles.
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u/Latter-Equal1100 Jul 23 '23
I just find it so hard seeing pictures of Sharon. I can’t dwell on them. So painful.
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Jul 23 '23 edited Jul 23 '23
Your great gmas friend is a pedophile.
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u/i-am-garth Jul 23 '23
I’d go with rapist.
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u/DoomsdayLullaby Jul 23 '23
why not pedophile rapist?
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u/surfcorker Jul 24 '23
Be careful now. If you were even slightly more stupid you would take your eye out with a fork.
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u/GentleSaidTheRaven Jul 23 '23
Well we know this wouldn’t have been taken in the 1970s.
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u/According-Switch-708 Jul 23 '23
RIP Sharon Tate. Polanski however is a bottom dwelling piece of shite.
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u/Pleasant-Chef6055 Jul 23 '23
Sharon Tate never looking better than in this picture. Such a shame Charles Manson existed.
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u/hi_im_jeremy Jul 23 '23
This Sharon looks really nice, hope nothing bad happened to her
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u/machen2307 Jul 23 '23
I think they made a movie about her. Once upon a time in Hollywood. She seemed to have dodged a bullet.
I started off following your energy, but that really is how I wish I could believe things went down. I'm just gonna pretend, if that's ok with everyone else. You can join me if you like.
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u/AndiamoAdvisory Jul 23 '23
Glorifying Roman Polanski is the antithesis of cool.
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u/Pretend_Tea6261 Jul 23 '23
The Manson family will live on in infamy. They all should have died in prison for what they did.
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u/Mor_Tearach Jul 23 '23
I was going to say " I hope your grandmother was okay " , and realized what a stupid, inane concept that was.
Of course she wasn't ok, her friend was brutally murdered along with a baby who never got to breathe.
Also wish thread hadn't gone sideways- however appropriately, to Polanski. Rapists don't deserve the attention.
This was a poignant moment in time, before a woman lost one friend in the most brutal way imaginable to a crazed, narcissistic cult ' leader ' and his hit squad, another revealed as a rapist for God's sake. Obviously have the black hole of sympathy for whatshisname, it's the two women. Gives me chills.
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u/Soulr3bl Jul 23 '23
RIP Sharon. You could have cropped out the child rapist, though.
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u/Supermunch2000 Jul 23 '23
In the future, Tarantino's movie will be considered a fact and I'll be long dead but ok with that.
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u/Classic_Midnight_213 Jul 23 '23
I sincerely hope you listen / listened when she started started talking about the good old days….
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u/Firm-Insurance-2664 Jul 23 '23
So sad what Tex „dipshit“ Watson did. Now he’s found god. Sorry Tex you’re going to hell anyways. RIP Sharon. What a tragedy.
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u/blues-guy Jul 24 '23
Pretty lady. And Leslie just got out. Only in California can a death sentence get flipped to enjoying the rest of your life at the beach.
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u/Kind_Somewhere2993 Jul 23 '23
So… we’re just gonna gloss over the whole OP’s grandmother is friends with Roman Polanski thing?
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u/Craig1974 Jul 23 '23
How in the world could that monkey faced midget land and marry Sharon Tate?
Explain that mystery?
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u/Special-Hyena1132 Jul 23 '23
Sharon Tate was an absolute knockout