Heaven’s Gate: Quick Facts

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Facts

Areas Of Involvement	unidentified flying object • List of Mass Suicides of the 20th and 21st Centuries • suicide
Related People	Marshall Applewhite

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Marshall H. Applewhite appears in a close-up video screen grab, raising one finger and looking directly at the camera, with a blue curtain in the background.

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