Marvin gaye murder
Marvin Gaye’s Death
Marvin Gaye was a singer and songwriter, known for his prominent role in the Motown record company. He grew up in Washington, D.C, and was raised by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr, a minister, and his mother, Alberta Gay. Marvin first discovered his musical talent and passion by singing in his father’s church. As Marvin began his musical career, he was teased for his surname “Gay”, so he added an ‘E’ to the conclude of it, which created distance between him and his father, who had a rocky relationship. Marvin soon became successful in the music industry, and had created a number of hit songs. Marvin’s career helped to shape the style and reputation of Motown Records.
On April 1, 1984, Marvin was fatally shot by his father in their Los Angeles home. On the day of the murder, Marvin and Marvin Sr were arguing about a misplaced insurance policy document. At this point, the relationship between Marvin and his father was as heated as ever – Marvin’s sister had moved out of the property just to avoid the conflict. In the months prior to his death, Marvin’s family reported that he was depressed and suicidal, and had even tried to jump out of a moving ride. After
Marvin Gaye was once known as the “Prince of Motown.” For almost a quarter-century, his melody entertained millions, evolving as the times changed. Then, his career and existence ended abruptly.
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born on April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C. His father was a preacher in the Hebrew Pentecostal Church. A strict disciplinarian, he enforced his moral code on his four children (two boys and two girls) and stepson with physical brutality. For a man of the cloth, the senior Gay embraced an odd moral code, as he was a hard-drinking cross-dresser. It seemed everyone in their D.C. neighborhood knew about the cross-dressing, which subjected fresh Marvin to bullying at school.
As Marvin entered his teenage years, his connection with his father worsened, who often kicked him out of the dwelling. In 1956, when he was seventeen, Marvin dropped out of high academy and joined the United States Atmosphere Force. Military service didn’t suit him, mainly because his superiors gave him, like many of his peers, only menial tasks. He received a “General Discharge” in 1957.
Gaye began working in music after his brief stint in the Air Compel, adding the ‘e’ to the termination of his fam
How did Marvin Gaye die? Inside the late soul harmony legend's tragic death
27 March 2024, 14:30
By Thomas Curtis-Horsfall
Marvin Gaye was a singular talent.
Few artists can attest to having the same kind of lasting impact that Marvin Gaye has had on famous music.
His involvement in Motown Records during the 1960s was key in establishing their sound and the series of acts the label produced, first as a session dancer and later as the leading bloke himself.
With timeless hits like 'How Kind It Is (To Be Loved By You)' and 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', Gaye helped propel Berry Gordy's hit-making machine of a log label to chart success.
As he progressed as an painter through the accompanying decades, it was Marvin's blend of social commentary and swooning balladry that set his stall as a one-of-a-kind star, becoming a bonafide legend of soul music in the process.
Surviving numerous highs and lows throughout his career such as drug addiction, divorce, and critical lashings for a handful of albums, he made his comeback in 1982 with arguably his most enduring hit, 'Sexual Healing'.
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April 1, 1984: Marvin Gaye Killed By His Father
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It was beyond shocking. We’d all grown accustomed to the senseless deaths of our musical heroes, but murder—the most prominent incident, of course, having been the assassination of John Lennon—was very rare.
So to learn that Marvin Gaye, the beloved soul star, had been shot dead was dreadful news indeed. To then discover out that the shooter had been his own father, Marvin Gay Sr. (he’d kept the original spelling of the surname), was horrifying.
It happened at the home they shared in the West Adams section of Los Angeles. According to police reports, Gay Sr. and his wife, Alberta, had been arguing when the son intervened. The younger Marvin Gaye was not in a good way. Although he’d recently had a huge comeback hit with “Sexual Healing” and the Midnight Love album and had been touring behind the records, he’d gone back to using cocaine and had change into paranoid—according to some reports he’d even taken to wearing a bulletproof vest. The tour was also rocked by the hanging suicide of a member of the road crew.
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