Born August 18, 1934, he is one year younger, to the day, than
Roman Polanski
(August 18, 1933), the husband of
Sharon Tate, who was murdered by
Charles Manson's gang. Bugliosi prosecuted the Manson Clan; he co-authored the
screenplay for
Helter Skelter (1976), based on his best selling book about the
case.