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Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides committed by its members in 1997. Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985), known within the movement as Do and Ti.
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, [a] among other names, [b] 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.
A former Heaven's Gate member is looking back on the time he spent with the cult 20 years after dozens of its members committed suicide together.. Read: Husband of 'Supermom' Jogger Speaks Out, as ...
In March 1997, 39 followers of Heaven's Gate died in a mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The group, led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles , believed that through their deaths they were exiting their human "vessels", which would allow them to advance to the "Next Level" via a spaceship they believed to be following comet Hale ...
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Bonnie Lu Nettles (née Trousdale; August 29, 1927 – June 19, 1985), later known as Ti (/ t iː /; TEE), was co-founder and co-leader with Marshall Applewhite of the Heaven's Gate new religious movement. Nettles died of melanoma metastatic to the liver in 1985 in Dallas, Texas, twelve years before the group's mass suicide in March 1997. [1]
Heaven's Gate happened to be a group with similar beliefs, in both cases believing that suicide would allow their souls to be transported into space. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] This led to initial suspicions of a connection, [ 68 ] [ 69 ] though police investigating the Heaven's Gate deaths refused to acknowledge these speculations. [ 70 ]