Koresh

Koresh
(1959–93)
the leader of the religious group called the Branch Davidians. He was born Vernon Wayne Howell in Houston and became a member of the Church of Seventh-Day Adventists but was forced to leave it for being a bad influence. He tried to become a pop singer in Hollywood but failed. In 1981 he joined the Branch Davidians, later becoming their leader and changing his name. He died with most of the group’s members during a battle with US government forces in Waco, Texas, in 1993.

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