Marv Gaye honored April 2 on USPS Mic Ins stamp

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• USPS RENAM SOUTH L.A. POST OFFICE AFTER MIC IN MARV GAYE
• EYEWNS THIS: L.A. POST OFFICE RENAMED AFTER MARV GAYE, ANTHONY DAVIS IMMORTALIZED LAKERS MURAL, CDC ISSU MEASL WARNG FOR SUMMER MPS
• MARV GAYE AND MOTOWN’S HISTORIL POST OFFICE CONNECTN!
• DOCKWEILER POST OFFICE TO BE DITED HONOR OF THE LATE ‘PRCE OF SOUL’ MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE HONORED APRIL 2 ON USPS MIC INS STAMP
• SOUTH L.A. POST OFFICE RENAMED HONOR OF THE LATE SOUL SGER MARV GAYE
• KAREN BASS AND THE MYSTERLY MIGRATG MARV GAYE POST OFFICE

USPS RENAM SOUTH L.A. POST OFFICE AFTER MIC IN MARV GAYE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTSOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A post office South Los Angel has been renamed honor of R&B legend Marv new Marv Gaye Post Office is on Vermont Avenue, jt across om the Universy of Southern U.

EYEWNS THIS: L.A. POST OFFICE RENAMED AFTER MARV GAYE, ANTHONY DAVIS IMMORTALIZED LAKERS MURAL, CDC ISSU MEASL WARNG FOR SUMMER MPS

"Gaye was shot and killed by his father after terveng a fight between his parents 1984. Marv Gaye Forever Stamp on Sale Natnwi Today.

LOS ANGELES — On what would have been Marv Gaye’s 80th birthday, the U. “The Postal Service is honored to regnize Marv Gaye, the Motown legend, wh a stamp on his birthday this venue that held a special place his heart, ” said Gary R. “Known as the ‘Prce of Soul, ’ Gaye was a man whose timels mic was a te talogue of human emotns that spired, rmed and entertaed the world.

Also, members of the Gaye fay — son Marv Gaye III, dghter Nona Gaye, sister Zeola Gaye and brother Antwn Gay — participated the stamp’s unveilg. The Marv Gaye Forever stamp is the nth the Postal Service’s Mic Ins stamp seri.

MARV GAYE AND MOTOWN’S HISTORIL POST OFFICE CONNECTN!

Gaye was one of the most fluential mic performers of his generatn.

The artwork for this stamp featur a portra of Marv Gaye spired by historic photographs. Gaye’s name appears vertilly on the right si of the stamp.

One si of the pane clus the stamps and brief text about Gaye’s legacy, wh the image of a sliver of a rerd seemg to peek out the top of the sleeve. Another portra of Gaye, also spired by historic photographs, appears on the reverse along wh the Mic Ins seri logo.

DOCKWEILER POST OFFICE TO BE DITED HONOR OF THE LATE ‘PRCE OF SOUL’ MARV GAYE

In rponse to the stamp, members of the Gaye fay offered the followg ments. “It brgs me great pri and pleasure to see my father fally get a stamp, ” said Marv Gaye III.

“If our father uld rpond to the stamp’s artwork, we are sure that first of all he would fd a tremendo honor, as we do, ” said dghter Nona and nephew Frankie Gaye a wrten statement. The Marv Gaye stamp is beg issued as a Forever stamp.

News of the stamp is beg shared on social media g the hashtags #MarvGayeStamp and #MicIns. Post office renamed after Marv GayeA post office South Los Angel has been renamed honor of R&B legend Marv new Marv Gaye Post Office is on Vermont Avenue, jt across om U. Marv Gaye.

MARV GAYE HONORED APRIL 2 ON USPS MIC INS STAMP

*The July 25th announcement by muny activist Najee Ali – that Print Tmp signed a bill to law to have a Los Angel post office renamed after the late great Marv Gaye Jr.

SOUTH L.A. POST OFFICE RENAMED HONOR OF THE LATE SOUL SGER MARV GAYE

It was none other than a young 22-year-old Marv Gaye! Wednday’s prs release read part: “Marv Gaye’s mic has transcend generatns and gave the [‘60s] ’70s and ’80s a sound, ” said U. Vermont Avenue, the Marv Gaye Post Office.

KAREN BASS AND THE MYSTERLY MIGRATG MARV GAYE POST OFFICE

Karen Bass and Marv Gaye. Workg wh Gaye as their wrer/producer, they sred such hs as “Baby I’m For Real, ” “The Bells” and others. In the sixti, Gaye was dubbed “The Prce of Motown” after his great succs wh hs like “Hch Hike, ” “How Sweet It Is, ” “A’t That Peculiar, ” “Too By Thkg ‘Bout My Baby” and the phenomenal “Heard It Through The Grapeve.