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Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997.
Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985) and Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997), known within the movement as Ti and Do, respectively.
Mar 7, 2023 · The origins of Heaven’s Gate stretch back to 1972 when a nurse named Bonnie Lu Nettles met a seminary dropout named Marshall Herff Applewhite. Both Nettles and Applewhite were experiencing...
Apr 2, 2014 · Marshall Applewhite was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult in Texas. He was a self-proclaimed prophet, drawing rhetoric from science fiction and scripture.
Mar 11, 2022 · Heaven's Gate was started in the early 1970s by Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles. Applewhite was the son of a Presbyterian preacher and became a talented stage actor and singer.
Dec 4, 2020 · Founded in California in 1974 by Marshall Applewhite (“Do,” also “Bo”) and Bonnie Nettles (“Ti,” also “Beep”), the movement attracted hundreds of followers at its height, until its “graduation”...
Mar 25, 2022 · 25 years ago Heaven’s Gate co-founder and leader Marshall Applewhite filmed a message encouraging members of his cult, Heaven’s Gate, to die by suicide. On March 26, 1997, the police discovered the bodies of 39 members in a suburban house near San Diego.
Aug 9, 2022 · As founder of the California-based Heaven's Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite and 38 of his followers died by suicide in March 1997 to ascend to an Earth-saving spaceship. On March 21, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult sat down for a final meal together.
Apr 28, 1997 · Marshall Herff Applewhite, 41, was divorced and had two children of his own. Son of a Presbyterian minister, he was an opera singer, a voice professor and a choirmaster, well known in Houston's...
Mar 29, 1997 · Family and friends of Marshall Herff Applewhite, who led Heaven's Gate cultists in mass suicide, recall first 40 years of his life as son of Presbyterian minister, seminarian, singer and music ...
