Susan Frances Strom

Age: 44

Summary: aspiring botanist and daughter of retired U.S. federal judge Lyle Elmer Strom who was just shy of graduating from Oregon State University in 1975 when she joined the UFO cult Heaven's Gate founded by music teacher turned cult leader Marshall Applewhite, who was the only one of Strom's seven children not in attendance when he was sworn in as a U.S. District judge in 1985.

Cause of Death: Suicide by massive drug and alcohol overdose

Born: February 19, 1953

Died: March 26, 1997

Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California