Death
In the early morning hours of 9 August 1969 just after midnight, Wojciech Frykowski and Folger were murdered, along with Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent by members of Charles Manson's "Family" who broke into the Polanski residence at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Frykowski was shot twice, struck thirteen times over the head with a blunt object and stabbed in total 51 times. According to his killers — Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins.
During the fight with their assailants, Frykowski and Folger escaped the house only to be overwhelmed and stabbed to death. Their bodies were discovered the next day by Sharon Tate's housekeeper, resting not far from each other on a front lawn of the property.
Wojciech Frykowski's body was cremated on 22 August 1969 in Los Angeles. After a private memorial his remains were claimed by his Polish relatives and buried in the Saint Josef's Cemetery in his native Łódź, Poland.
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