RETELLING THETURBID LIFE OF MARVIN GAYE – Sun Sentel

Contents:

• DENISE GORDY: ‘SECRET’ MOTHER OF MARV GAYE’S SON WHO EXCELLED ON TV
• MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY
• THE DARK SI OF MARV GAYE’S 1ST MARRIAGE INVOLVED HIS WIFE’S 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE
• DENISE GORDY HAD A CONTROVERSIAL RELATNSHIP WH MARV GAYE AND HAD HIS SON: MEET HER
• THE UNTOLD TTH OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE III
• ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
• MARV GAYE III FIL FOR DIVORCE OM WIFE WENDY AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE CINT
• MARV GAYE III FIL FOR DIVORCE OM WIFE WENDY 2 MONTHS AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE ARRT
• MARV GAYE III’S WIFE FIL RTRAG ORR AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE ARRT
• ANNA GORDY GAYE DEAD: MARV GAYE'S EX-WIFE DI AT 92
• WHERE ARE MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN NOW? AHEAD OF GRAMMYS' ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ TRIBUTE, A LOOK AT SOUL LEGEND'S FAY
• NEW BOOK REVEALS TUMULTUO MARRIAGE TO MARV GAYE

DENISE GORDY: ‘SECRET’ MOTHER OF MARV GAYE’S SON WHO EXCELLED ON TV

The great sger would later reveal shortly before his ath that the boy was adopted, a revelatn that was later proven to be Gaye on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 1, 1980.

"Soul sger Marv Gaye hugs his children, Nona Gaye and Frankie Chirstian Gaye at an event cir 1981 | Photo: Getty ImagThe picture showed Marv Gaye III's three sons and his two dghters huddled together and sg wh a picture of himself and his wife photoshopped to Gaye III is also a mician, jt like his father; he released a track tled "Can't Take My Ey Off You" 2013 and posted a picture of the track ver on Twter wh a lk to watch the vio letter talked about how their father would handle the GAYEThe late Marv Gaye also had two more children, asis om his son Marv Gaye III. FRANKIE GAYEAlthough not much is known about his third child Frankie Gaye, he once joed his siblgs to pen down a letter to clear misnceptns about the succsful lawsus agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams's h song "Blurred L.

" The letter also talked about how their late father would have reacted to the said if he were alive, he would embrace the technology available to artists, but he would also be vigilant about protectg artist's rights and givg cred where is IS MARVIN GAYETheir late father, Marv Gaye, was a talented sger and is known for his ol jazz mic and his ntroversial lyrics. Marv Gaye was a tan of Motown soul durg s heyday, a pop perfectnist wh a voice like velvet who gave a generatn of lovers a soundtrack to exprs their feelgs.

MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY

(L) Marv Gaye III; (R) Marv III’s father, sger Marv GayeWe love some Marv Gaye, here at ILOSM…but by now, we’ve all heard about the many stggl that plagued the late in’s life. But there’s one val part of his life that many do not know, and that is the reportedly te blogil bloodle of he and Anna Gordy’s (Berry Gordy’s sister) adopted son, Marv Gaye III. Acrdg to historian/thor, Michael Eric Dyson’s bgraphy, “Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Lov and Demons of Marv Gaye, ” as well as thor, Steve Turner’s bgraphy, “TROUBLE MAN: The Life and Death of Marv Gaye, ” Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy had taken very ntroversial steps to have their son, Marv GAYE HAD SON WITH THEN-WIFE’S TEEN NIECE, DENISE GORDY?

THE DARK SI OF MARV GAYE’S 1ST MARRIAGE INVOLVED HIS WIFE’S 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE

Marv Gaye and then-wife, Anna Gordy, wh ‘adopted’ son, Marv Gaye III, who is reportedly the blogil son of Anna’s niece, Anna Gordy, and sger, Marv GayeIt has been revealed, the aforementned bgraphi, that the reportedly REAL mother of Marv Gaye III is actually actrs, Denise Gordy, 71 (pictured below), the niece of Berry Gordy and Marv Gaye’s then-wife, Anna Gordy. Denise was said to be jt 15 years old at the time of Marv III’s birth 1965, which means Marv Gaye risked beg jailed for statutory rape, had anyone found out back ’s not fet that Marv Gaye did publicly date his then-girliend (who eventually beme his wife), Janis Gaye, when she was 17 and he was 34.

Movg on…MEET DENISE GORDY, ALLEGED BIOLOGICAL MOM OF MARVIN GAYE IIIBelow is a photo of Anna Gordy’s niece, Denise Gordy – the woman who was allegedly unraged when she reportedly gave birth to Marv Gaye III, the ‘adopted’ son of sger, Marv Gaye, and his then-wife, Anna Gordy…Denise Gordy, alleged blogil mother of Marv Gaye IIIMARVIN GAYE’S WIFE FAKED HER PREGNANCY?

DENISE GORDY HAD A CONTROVERSIAL RELATNSHIP WH MARV GAYE AND HAD HIS SON: MEET HER

Anna Gordy’s and Marv Gaye’s pregnancy/birthg sndal was supposedly pre-arranged by the uple, bee Anna — who was 17 years olr than hband, Marv — reportedly uldn’t nceive by that time. However, years later Marv Gaye revealed his bgraphy, “Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye, ” to thor David Rz, that their son, Marv III, was really “adopted. Acrdg to several reports, that’s when Marv Gaye III learned his te inty – that allegedly: his blogil mother, Denise Gordy, is not his ‘’; his ‘adoptive mom, ’ Anna Gordy, is his great-nt; and his ‘adoptive father, ’ sger Marv Gaye, is his blogil father… Gaye’s ex-wife, wh adopted son who is reportedly her nephew), Marv IIIMICHAEL ERIC DYSON’S MARVIN GAYE BIOGRAPHY POINTS OUT THE OBVIOUSIn his bgraphy, Michael Eric Dyson also poted out a very tertg le Marv’s 1978 sgle, “Here My Dear, ” (which Marv also publicly admted was wrten for Anna Gordy after they began havg maral problems):“You don’t have a right to e a son of me to keep me le […] one thg I n’t do whout is the boy God Gave both of .

” – Marv Gaye, “Here My Dear”Dyson’s book excerpts: MARVIN GAYE III’S (ALLEGED) FAMOUS SISTER AND HER IN-LAWS“Queen Sugar” actrs, Bian Lawson, wh her actg legend dad, Richard LawsonMarv Gaye III is actually the (alleged) blogil brother of “Queen Sugar” actrs, Bian Lawson.

THE UNTOLD TTH OF MARV GAYE

We’re not sure if Bian and Marv Gaye III have a relatnship today, but clearly, Bian and her parents do…below she’s pictured wh her mom, Denise Gordy…. But there’s one val part of his life that many do not know and that is the te blogil bloodle of he and Anna Gordy’s (Berry Gordy’s sister) adopted son, Marv Gaye II.

What you’re about to read is jt another remr that celebri, like Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy, have great talent, but they aren’t perfect, they’re simply perfectly flawed human begs, jt like the rt of .

MARV GAYE III

Now, typilly we aren’t too surprised by what we learn about Marv anymore, but this one tripped  out a lil’ b…MARVIN GAYE HAD A BABY WITH THE UNDERAGED NIECE OF HIS THEN-WIFE, ANNA GORDY? It has been revealed, the aforementned bgraphi, that the REAL mother of Marv Gaye III is actually Denise Gordy, 67 (pictured below), the niece of Berry Gordy and Marv II's then-wife, Anna Gordy.

Now let's not fet that Marv Gaye did publicly date his then-girliend (who eventually beme his wife), Janis Gaye when Janis was 17 and he was 34, so beg wh a not-yet-legal young lady wasn't foreign terrory for him back then.

Marv Gaye and Denise Gordy’s RelatnshipDenise Gordy and Richard Lawson Denise Gordy SpoeDenise Gordy SiblgsDenise Gordy Movi Denise Gordy Natnaly Denise Gordy’s Net WorthDenise Gordy SonWhere Is Denise Gordy Now?

ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92

They kept all secret, and was a well-planned affair, wh Anna Gaye playg her part flawlsly by flntg a fake baby bump weeks before Denise gave birth to Marv Gaye III. Sixteen years after his shockg ath, the lurid tails of Marv Gaye’s life are as faiar as his breathtakg vols on such classics as Let’s Get It On or I Heard It Through the Grapeve. What remaed ncealed behd a wall of publicists durg his life fally spilled out after Gaye, a day shy of his 45th birthday, was shot to ath by his father.

Though well rearched, Trouble Man, which borrows s name om a 1972 Gaye posn, vers much of the same terrory explored several books and even a two-hour stallment of the celebry misery-ft, E!

MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER

At 5, he was performg at church nventns; some anizers ved his father to preach only so young Marv uld sg, and Gay would forever rent the attentn his son received.

MARV GAYE III FIL FOR DIVORCE OM WIFE WENDY AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE CINT

Turner fahfully rec the tails of Gaye’s early life: his brief stt the Air Force, his disvery by Harvey Fuqua, who brought Gaye to his succsful sgg group; his timels llaboratns wh Tammi Terrell, whose sudn ath spurred his transn om pop-soul to his greatt work, the socially nsc What’s Gog On; and his btible marriage to Anna Gordy, sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy, who guid Gaye’s rise durg the rerd label’s halcyon years.

Whereas many people were probably reluctant to speak ankly about Gaye when he was alive or immediately after his ath, some — like Denise Gordy — may have now felt the tth uld be revealed. Whether was his h duets wh Tammi Terrell, the polilly-charged album "What's Gog On, " or the oozg sexualy of his only Grammy-wng song "Sexual Healg, " Gaye beme a hoehold name wh the Amerin mil landspe.

David Rz his 1991 revised edn of his Marv Gaye bgraphy, "Divid Soul, " noted the importance of Gaye's mic more potedly: "Marv's name has been mentned — reverential ton — on no ls than seven top-ten h rerds. Yet those nearly 45 years of life, Gaye went om sirg to sg standards to shapg the sound of Motown to beg an in and creative geni mandg full creative ntrol of his mic — which led the way for others like Stevie Wonr. Photographer Godey Frankel took pictur of the muny, talked to s habants, and shared a scriptn that probably would have matched Gaye's experience.

MARV GAYE III FIL FOR DIVORCE OM WIFE WENDY 2 MONTHS AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE ARRT

The general perspective on the neighborhood at the time by surroundg (wealthier) rints was one of disgt and fear — "They radiate out sanary fluenc" (via a 2018 Public Health Report) — which explas why Gaye, his iends, and the rt of the Southwt muny probably felt like they were om another untry. Was a vlent man, and his wife and children, cludg Marv Gaye, lived fear of his punishments and the evable relig reasong behd his domtic abe (via The Vtage News).

In orr to pe a nasty home life, Marv Gaye enlisted wh the Air Force wh visns of beg a pilot like Errol Flynn, even though he was terrified of flyg.

MARV GAYE III’S WIFE FIL RTRAG ORR AFTER DOMTIC VLENCE ARRT

However, most acunts of this mor change of nam, the person makg the cisn was Gaye himself, once aga stemmg om his plited relatnship wh his father.

Gaye talks about his name  "Divid Soul" and how he was eply troubled by havg the same name as his father, who is often scribed as a "sexually ambiguo man. His first partner 1964 was Mary Wells — at the time, the "queen of Motown" — but their duet rerd, "Together, " tamed her sound while gave Gaye a platform to she.

ANNA GORDY GAYE DEAD: MARV GAYE'S EX-WIFE DI AT 92

Gaye was then placed wh Kim Wton, and their song "It Tak Two" beme a massive h, but after that rerd, she, too, left Motown (via The New Yorker).

Then me the fotten Oma Heard (often mistaken on rerds as Oma Page) who was experienced the rerd dtry by the time she rerd some duet sis wh Gaye.

It wasn't until 1973 when Barry Gordy tried to nvce Gaye to do a duet rerd wh Diana Ross that Gaye revealed his feelgs about havg another duet partner. Wells and Wton had both left Motown after their duet albums wh Gaye, and neher had much of a reer after leavg; and Terrell's ath still weighed heavily on Gaye.

WHERE ARE MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN NOW? AHEAD OF GRAMMYS' ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ TRIBUTE, A LOOK AT SOUL LEGEND'S FAY

ESPN ntextualiz this moment Gaye's life by potg out that Tammi Terrell's ath happened jt a uple of years after the assassatns of Mallm X, Mart Luther Kg, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. In 1969 and 1971, Gaye would have small rol two relatively fotten films, "The Ballad of Andy Crocker" and "Chrome and Hot Leather, " rpectively. However, Michael Eric Dyson revealed his book, "Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Lov & Demons of Marv Gaye" that the child was actually Gaye's blogil son, and he had, wh much parallel to the Biblil story of Abraham and Sarah, had terurse wh the 15-year-old Denise orr to have a son, sce his wife uldn't get pregnant.

NEW BOOK REVEALS TUMULTUO MARRIAGE TO MARV GAYE

It ma sense that Gaye never admted to beg the father — not even to David Rz "Divid Soul" — bee, acrdg to Dyson, "Marv had ma love to a mor, apparently wh the nsent of all volved. When Marv Gaye divorced Anna Gordy 1977 and subsequently separated om send wife, Janis Hunter – who was 17 when they met and fell love – 1979, his fancial issu began to encroach to his existence to the pot that he uld no longer ignore .

Acrdg to David Rz's "Divid Soul, " Gaye thought that Motown had gotten their hands on the unfished masters om a uple of the micians who had snuck them out of London and brought them to Los Angel. From an early age, Marv Gaye was kidd by his peers for his father's looks, ambiguo sexualy, effemacy, and the poorly kept secret that he would drs women's clothg. Gaye had tervened an argument between his mother and father that night and paid the ultimate price, one almost seemgly termed by fate knowg how ever-prent the threat of his father had been throughout his life (via "Divid Soul").