Angela Lansbury, who died on Tuesday at the age of 96, revealed in a 2014 interview how she saved her daughter Deirdre Shaw from heroin addiction.
She said that Deirdre and her brother Anthony Shaw have begun abusing hard drugs in the 1960s when Charles Manson was recruiting kids for his murder cult.
“It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” Lansbury told the Daily Mail. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him — and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”
According to Lansbury, her daughter was fascinated by Manson’s “charismatic” personality. “Certainly, I have no doubt we would have lost one or both of our two if they hadn’t been removed to a completely different milieu,” she continued.
In order to protect her children from the criminal,...
She said that Deirdre and her brother Anthony Shaw have begun abusing hard drugs in the 1960s when Charles Manson was recruiting kids for his murder cult.
“It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” Lansbury told the Daily Mail. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him — and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”
According to Lansbury, her daughter was fascinated by Manson’s “charismatic” personality. “Certainly, I have no doubt we would have lost one or both of our two if they hadn’t been removed to a completely different milieu,” she continued.
In order to protect her children from the criminal,...
- 10/22/2022
- by Peiyu Jiang
- Uinterview
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