After Charles Manson incited the murder of five people including McQueen's close personal friends Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring at Tate's home on August 9, 1969, it was reported the McQueen was another potential target of the killers. He began carrying a gun, including at Sebring's funeral [2].
McQueen dated Sharon Tate for a short time. Steve McQueen was supposed to visit her on the night the Manson gang entered the house and killed her (along with three other people) on August 8, 1969 but luckily, he didn't make it. It was found that Charles Manson had a list of celebrities he wanted to kill and McQueen's name was on the top of the list.
Despite the arrest and successful prosecution of Manson and his cronies, Steve never again left the house without a loaded revolver in his car's glove compartment.
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