Bonnie Nettles

Bonnie Nettles
Born
Bonnie Lu Trousdale

(1927-08-29)August 29, 1927
DiedJune 19, 1985(1985-06-19) (aged 57)
Other namesTi, Peep, Pig, Shelly West
OccupationRegistered nurse
Known forCo-leader of Heaven's Gate
Spouse
Joseph Segal Nettles
(m. 1949; div. 1973)
Children4

Bonnie 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]

  1. ^ "On This Day: Bodies of Heaven's Gate Cult Members Discovered After Mass Suicide". findingdulcinea.com. March 26, 2011.