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The mother of sla soul sger Marv Gaye, who tried to stop the 1984 argument that led to her son's ath and her hband's arrt, died Friday of bone ncer at St.

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MARV GAYE'S FATHER AND KILLER IS AD

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But Marv Gaye died a btal ath at the hands of his own father - shot at pot blank range the bedroom of their Los Angel home.

13Marv Gaye was shot ad by his own father 1984Cred: Redferns. It also marked the high pot of 25-year Marv Gaye’s reer - which went hand hand wh womanisg, dg addictn and creasg paranoia, and end wh tragedy a day before his 45th birthday. 13Marv Gay Sr was arrted for the shootgCred: AP:Associated Prs.

At the same time he add an ‘e’ to his origal surname of Gay - to shut down any speculatn about his sexualy and to distance himself om his abive dad. As Gaye’s fame grew, so did his pennce on dgs and his creasgly erratic behavur.

ALBERTA GAY, 74, DI; MOTHER OF SOUL SGER

Tragilly, while his msage of peace liv on, Marv Gaye’s own life was cut short by the savage btaly of a cel father. The moment Marv Gaye's dad is sentenced after shootg him ad. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsTHE FATHER of Marv Gaye has died, 14 years after he shot ad the legendary soul star durg an argument.

Marv Gay (as his name was spelled) died hospal last Sunday after velopg pnmonia at his retirement home Long Beach, snr, who was 84, shot ad his son at their Los Angel home April 1984, the day before Marv Gaye's 45th birthday. Acrdg to Steve Turner, Gaye's bgrapher, the Motown star had a long- nng fd wh his father, a former Pentestal preacher, who opposed his tert mic.

Gaye add the "e" to his surname after "Gay" prompted jib about his sexualy, a sensive subject given his father's proclivy for book tails the sger's birth Washgton and his pivotal role the Motown rerd label of the 1960s and 1970s.

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It also vers the bizarre sojourn Belgium the early 1980s when Gaye chose to lay his hat the port of Ostend, riddg himself of dgs and wrg the h "Sexual Healg" then returned to Los Angel, lapsg to the earlier habs which were to lead to his premature ath.

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