Here's The Real Reason People Are Tweeting RIP Charles Manson And It's Dumb
By Dave Basner
November 20, 2017
Serial killer Charles Manson has died at the age of 83. He was a terrible person and undeservedly outlived his victims by almost 50 years, so why are people tweeting RIP about him? It turns out, they think singer Marilyn Manson is the one who passed away.
Manson the shock rocker created his stage name by borrowing from two pop culture figures - Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson, but it seems people got confused.
It was at this moment that Christian learned who Charles Manson was... pic.twitter.com/i9Vnkjel57
— Simar (@sahluwal) November 20, 2017
Rip charles manson😫😓😞😤🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/YTD7fVw4St
— Jade (@jadeyoung31) November 20, 2017
RIP Charles Manson pic.twitter.com/0mBU73PYkp
— Levi (@Leviatan31) November 20, 2017
RIP Charles Manson 😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/cEtBqzUXFL
— bird (@beratliff) November 20, 2017
Marilyn, who is still alive and well, himself tweeted after learning of Charles's death:
Marilyn Manson - Sick City https://t.co/qyybUftAHu via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/qsFdUnLcX3
— Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) November 20, 2017
As for Christian, the confused guy who tweeted about Marilyn, he now claims he was just pretending:
pretending to be the dumbest person online is extremely funny to me pic.twitter.com/pCXsIc2WRm
— Christian (@nopoweradeinusa) November 20, 2017
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