Marshall Applewhite

Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1968 (Divorce after 16 years) | Relationship : None | Meet a significant person March 1972 (Bonnie Lu Nettles) | Social : None | Begin Travel 1 January 1973 (Began traveling to recruit members) | Misc. : None | Mystical Experience July 1973 (Received mission from God) | Social : None | Joined group 18 May 1974 (Initiated first chela) | Crime : None | Trial dates July 1974 (Given six months jail) | Social : None | Joined group May 1975 (Started commune in Wyoming with two dozen) | : None | Death of Significant person June 1985 (Nettles died of cancer) | Health : None | Medical procedure 1996 (Had himself castrated) | : None | Death by Suicide 25 March 1997 (Drugs and suffocation, age 65) | Social : None | Great Publicity 27 March 1997 (Cult suicide) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Surgery (Castration) | Family : Relationship | Cohabitation more than 3 yrs (Nettles a partner for 13 years) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (16 years) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (One and divorce) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (Two) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Friends (Cult unity) | Passions : Sexuality | Bi-Sexual | Passions : Sexuality | Celibacy/ Minimal (Sexual guilt and denial) | Passions : Sexuality | Sex Organs (Had himself castrated) | Passions : None | Homicide by order (Led cult to suicide, 39 people died) | Personal : Death | Suicide (Cult ritual) | Vocation : Education | Teacher (Music dept at University) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. | Vocation : Religion | Cult leader (Heaven's Gate) | Vocation : Religion | Spiritual Leader/ Guru | Notable : Famous | Criminal cases (Cult suicide leader) | Notable : Famous | Newsmaker