Donald %22Shorty%22 Shea

Donald Jerome Shea also known as Shorty was a Hollywood stuntman, actor and victim of the Charles Manson murders. The location of his body was not discovered until 1977, nearly a decade after his death. Manson family leader Charles Manson and family members Steve Clem Grogan and Bruce Davis were eventually convicted of murdering Shea. Tex Watson, Bill Vance and Larry Bailey were unindicted participants of the murder.

Donald Shea was born in Massachusetts on September 18, 1933. He moved to California to pursue a career in acting, but ended up spending most of his time working at Spahns Movie Ranch. Shea was a former stuntman whose dream was to pursue a film career in Hollywood, a dream which, according to many friends, he never gave up. Donald Shea was a very tall man, standing at almostfeetinches. He worked as a bouncer, a ranch hand at Spahn Ranch, an old Hollywood movie set that had become a horse riding stables. His autopsy report identifies him as foreman of the ranch.

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