Marshall APPLEWHITE

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AmericanBorn Marshall Herff APPLEWHITE

American religious leader who founded what became known as the Heaven's Gate religious group and organized their mass suicide in 1997

Born on May 17, 1931 in Spur, Texas, USA , United States

Died on March 26, 1997 in Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA

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Marshall Herff Applewhite was born in Spur, Texas, to Marshall Herff Applewhite Sr. and Louise Applewhite; he had three siblings. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Applewhite became very religious as a child.



Applewhite attended Corpus Christi High School and Austin College; at the latter school, he was active in several student organizations and was moderately religious. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1952 and subsequently enrolled at Union Presbyterian Seminary to study theology, hoping to become a minister. He married Anne Pearce around that time, and they later had two children. Early in his seminary studies, he decided to leave the school to pursue a career in music, becoming the music director of a Presbyterian church in North Carolina. He was a baritone singer and enjoyed spirituals and the music of Handel. In 1954, he was drafted by the United States Army and served in Austria and New Mexico as a member of the Army Signal Corps. He left the military in 1956 and enrolled at the University of Colorado, where he earned a master's degree in music and focused on musical theater.

...   Marshall Herff Applewhite was born in Spur, Texas, to Marshall Herff Applewhite Sr. and Louise Applewhite; he had three siblings. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Applewhite became very religious as a child.



Applewhite attended Corpus Christi High School and Austin College; at the latter school, he was active in several student organizations and was moderately religious. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1952 and subsequently enrolled at Union Presbyterian Seminary to study theology, hoping to become a minister. He married Anne Pearce around that time, and they later had two children. Early in his seminary studies, he decided to leave the school to pursue a career in music, becoming the music director of a Presbyterian church in North Carolina. He was a baritone singer and enjoyed spirituals and the music of Handel. In 1954, he was drafted by the United States Army and served in Austria and New Mexico as a member of the Army Signal Corps. He left the military in 1956 and enrolled at the University of Colorado, where he earned a master's degree in music and focused on musical theater.



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