Sharon Tate's sister cried, prayed for Charles Manson after learning of his death

Debra Tate was one of the first to know the beast responsible for the death of her pregnant sister, Sharon Tate, had died Sunday night.

She learned unhinged cultist Charles Manson succumbed to natural causes at a California hospital, with a 8:30 p.m. phone call from prison officials. Manson died at 8:15 p.m. local time, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.

“I said a prayer, shed a tear, stuck a flower under my cross in my bedroom and emailed Roman (Polanski),” Tate told the Daily News.

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Tate said she has since made peace with Manson and his diabolical killing spree that left seven people dead in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969, including her actress sister.

Sharon Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, was two weeks from giving birth when Manson’s crazed followers brutally stabbed her and four others to death in her home.

“I’ve processed through all of my hate for him. Hate isn’t health. It won’t bring my sister back,” Tate said. “One could say I’ve forgiven him, but there’s a difference between forgiving and forgetting.”

The news of Manson’s death comes as Tate battles through a breast cancer diagnosis and a bout of laryngitis.

Tate said she always felt at ease with the cold-blooded mastermind remained locked away at the Corcoran State Prison since 1971 sentencing. He was repeatedly denied parole.

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"He was the least of my worries," she explained.

It was Manson's followers, the ones that plunged their blades into her sister's body, that troubled her.

"I sit across from these monsters many times a year, and I know very clearly they’re still capable of heinous acts. For that reason, I’ve dedicated myself to seeing they stay right where they are until they draw their last breath,” Tate said. “So they can’t hurt anyone else.”

She often goes face-to-face with faced members of Manson’s crazed cult in hopes to keep them behind bars during parole hearings. Most recently, the 65-year-old victims advocate urged a panel in September to deny the youngest follower, Leslie Van Houten, another chance at parole.

She did not believe Van Houten, who was 19 at the time of the gruesome killings, had been rehabilitated. The 68-year-old prisoner was ultimately granted parole but her release is pending a review.

“There is nothing that will bring my sister back,” Tate told The News. “For me, her struggles are over, and this is about the world that she left behind. I feel totally that I’m a guardian of the world at large, guarding others from feeling the same kind of pain and grief that these perpetrators inflicted on us.”

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