Kings television analyst Jerry Reynolds, who coached the team on two different occasions in the 1980s, said the death of convicted murderer Charles Manson brought back some unsettling memories.
Reynolds, who served as interim coach for 60 games in 1987, received a fan letter from the imprisoned cult figure, who was serving life in prison for the gruesome 1969 deaths of actress Sharon Tate and eight others.
“I was in the office one day and I get this letter that was addressed to me in care of the Kings,” he recalled. “I could tell it was from a prison, but didn’t much think of it.