File - In this Dec. 3, 1969 file photo, Susan Atkins, at age 21, a follower of Charles Manson, speaks at a news conference in Santa Monica, Calif. Atkins, who admitted killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, has died. She was 61. Atkins died late Thursday night Sept. 24, 2009 at a prison hospital in Chowchilla where she had been moved when she became ill. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File)