On April 1, 1984, mician Marv Gaye was fatally shot by his own father. Although Marv Gaye Sr. shot his son at pot-blank range, the urt granted
Contents:
- MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
- WHY WASN’T MARV GAYE’S FATHER CONVICTED OF HIS MURR?
- MARV GAYE WAS A BAD DU
MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
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.
WHY WASN’T MARV GAYE’S FATHER CONVICTED OF HIS MURR?
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. Janis Hunter was a mother of two her early 20s when her longtime lover, father of her children and one of the world’s most lted-after soul sgers, Marv Gaye, suggted an amoro liaison wh another uple.
The four had been smokg weed and snortg e when Gaye noticed the pair sizg her up.
MARV GAYE WAS A BAD DU
After, Gaye projected his joy at the event onto Hunter.
The next night, when the other uple returned for more, Gaye’s enthiasm had bee somethg else. She refed, the uple left and Gaye told her how he really felt about the fantasy that his proddg had ma real.
Marv and Jan GayeCourty of Jan Gaye. “After the Dance, ” a memoir by Gaye’s mistrs-turned-wife Jan Gaye, wrten wh David Rz, rells a love affair propelled by jt the sorts of md gam. Marv Gaye’s immense, unniable talent for sgg and songwrg, and his equally impossible-to-dismiss sex appeal, were acpanied by creasgly heavy dg e — eebasg e eventually did him — and erratic moods, a nstant tug of war between thrills, love, lt and terror.