'SOLID AS A ROCK' Charles Manson says he is in good health in taped prison phone call to pal before being taken to hospital

Sun Online has obtained audio of the phone call - as friends of the 83-year-old claim reports he is on his deathbed are exaggerated

Gurecki claims the taped call from earlier this year is the last recorded phone call before Manson was taken to hospital last week, reportedly close to death.

It comes as another friend of Manson's CR Wallace - also known as "Red Wolf" - told Sun Online that reports that the 83-year-old is on his death bed are exaggerated.

Gurecki, who collects and sells Manson memorabilia often posts apparent phone calls with Manson on his YouTube channel.

In the recorded call from Corcoran State Prison, California, Gurecki asks Manson, "What's happening?" to which he replies: "Solid as a rock, solid as a soul... roll wheel, roll."

Manson then replied "pretty good" when asked how he was doing.

Later in the long and rambling conversation Manson rants about an unknown package, saying: "The small people that are trying to get big they tear everything up that we struggled for.

"We did all this on death row, that's what the package was all about, but the cowards gave the package to the other side because they won't stand up for our side."

Much of the call is inaudible but at some point Manson tells Gurecki: "You learn a lot in jail, you don't tell somebody I'm gonna beat your a, unless you can do it and get away with it... you say you're gonna beat they're a and you can't and they beat your ass for saying that.

He adds: "Don't be faking, that's it I don't like lying. I mean I can lie like anyone else, but I know it doesn't do me no good."