Bonnie Nettles - Wikipedia
WEBBonnie Lu Nettles (née Trousdale; August 29, 1927 – June 19, 1985), later known as Ti, 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]
Nettles, Bonnie Lu Truesdale (1924-1985) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBBonnie Lu Truesdale Nettles, cofounder of the Heaven's Gate group, known for having ended its existence with the suicide of 39 members in 1997, was born in Houston, Texas. She grew up in a Baptist home, married, and became the mother of four children.
Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate - The New York Times
WEBApr 28, 1997 · Bonnie Lu Trusdale Nettles, 46, was a registered nurse from Houston, a recent casualty of the marital wars and the quietly forceful mom of three teen-agers and …
How Did Bonnie Nettles Die? - The Cinemaholic
WEBDec 3, 2020 · According to a 1997 New York Times article, Marshall Applewhite had Bonnie’s body cremated, after which he spread her ashes in a serene lake somewhere in Texas. All this occurred 12 years before Heaven’s Gate became defunct due to the mass suicide of its members.
Marshall Applewhite - Bonnie Nettles, Death & Facts - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Marshall Applewhite was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious group. He was a self-proclaimed prophet. He died in the group's mass suicide in 1997.
What Drove Heaven’s Gate Followers to Mass Suicide?
WEBMar 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 …
Odyssey of Regimentation Carried Cult Over Decades
WEBMar 29, 1997 · He said Mr. Applewhite and the co-leader, Bonnie Lu Nettles, who died of natural causes in 1985, had even bought a bus ticket home for anyone who wanted to leave the group and had once purchased...
Bonnie Nettles | American religious leader | Britannica
WEBAmerican religious leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Heaven’s Gate. In Heaven’s Gate. Applewhite (1932–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985) met in 1972 and soon became convinced that they were the two “endtime” witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11.
On the Furthest Fringes of Millennialism - The New York Times
WEBMar 28, 1997 · The group came together 22 years ago under the charismatic preaching of Mr. Applewhite and his companion, Ms. Nettles, a former nurse. It enjoyed a short-lived burst of notoriety,...
Bonnie Lou Trousdale Nettles (1927-1985) - Find a Grave
WEBFounder of the group 'Heaven's Gate' that went on to commit mass suicide in March 1997. She was the 'Ti' in 'Ti & Do'. She met Marshall Applewhite while he was in hospital in the early 70's and they discovered they shared a …