Change came with near-death experience in 1972 From Correspondent John Holliman (CNN) -- The young life of Marshall Herff ...

Marshall Applewhite Jr., right, leads a rehearsal of the Festival Chorus shortly before its initial concert appearance on Nov 21, 1969, at Jones Hall in Houston.

In the early 1970s, Applewhite met Bonnie Nettles, who would go on to found Heaven's Gate with him. She fostered his belief that he was a prophet with a divine mission.

Heaven's Gate began in the early 1970s with co-founders Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles. Applewhite was the son of a Presbyterian preacher and became a talented stage actor and ...

Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite’s heart disease may have hastened his death after he took a lethal mix of drugs and alcohol, according to an autopsy. Results confirm the charismatic ...

It’s impossible to pinpoint when a mind first veers from eccentricity into madness, but Marshall Applewhite may have hit that fork in 1969 when Neil Armstrong took humankind’s first step on ...

April 16 2018, Published 4:42 p.m. ET Texas music-teacher-turned-cult-leader Marshall Applewhite, became known for leading the biggest mass suicide in American history in 1985.