Vincent Bugliosi Sr.; Prosecutor’s Father
Vincent Bugliosi Sr., a retired railroad conductor whose son prosecuted the infamous Charles Manson “family,” has died at a Glendale hospital. He was 93.
Bugliosi died Thursday after suffering a stroke, said his son, Vincent Bugliosi Jr. of Los Angeles.
Born in Costacciaro, Italy, he came to the United States at age 13 and settled in Hibbing, Minn.
He owned and operated a grocery store there and later worked as a conductor for the Great Northern Railroad from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. After his retirement, Bugliosi moved to Glendale.
As a deputy Los Angeles district attorney, Bugliosi Jr. successfully prosecuted Charles Manson and four followers for the 1969 Sharon Tate-LaBianca murders. He later wrote a book with Curt Gentry on the case, “Helter Skelter.”
In addition to Vincent Jr., Bugliosi is survived by sons Tony Bugliosi of Altadena and Marino Bugliosi of Hawthorne; daughters, Adeline Kotonias of Glendale and Dora Carlson of Cleveland, Ohio; sister, Gertrude Rose of Hibbing, Minn.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
His wife of 69 years, Ida Bugliosi, died in 1989.
A funeral service was held Monday with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Forest Lawn Mortuary in Glendale handled the arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made in Bugliosi’s name to a charity of the donor’s choice.
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