The group was close friends with
Sharon Tate,
Jay Sebring,
Voytek Frykowski and
Abigail Folger, all victims murdered by the "Manson Family", led by
Charles Manson.
Denny Doherty once revealed that he and John were invited over to Cielo Drive on the night of the murders but declined the invitation. The sheet music to the
John Phillips-penned "Straight Shooter" was actually found open at the piano in the house at Cielo Drive when the bodies of the victims were found.
