Marv Gaye - Death, Father & Songs

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• IN SPOTLIGHT: MARV GAYE GALLERY
• THE LIFE AND TRAGIC ATH OF MARV GAYE, THE SON OF A PREACHER WHO BEME MOTOWN'S VOICE OF POLIL CHANGE AND DIED AT THE HANDS OF HIS OWN FATHER
• MARV GAYE PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• 814 MARV GAYE PHOTOS STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MARV GAYE
• THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE IN PHOTOS
• 58 MARV GAYE PARK STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY
• 1,637 PHOTO OF MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS AND HIGH-R PICTUR
• 1,637 PHOTO OF MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MARV {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. 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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). GAYE'S LATER RERDS VELOPED HIS PRODUCTN STYLE AND YIELD SEVERAL HS, CLUDG "LET'S GET IT ON," "SEXUAL HEALG" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE." GAYE WAS KILLED 1984 DURG A DOMTIC DISPUTE WH HIS FATHER.EARLY LIFESGER MARV PENTZ GAYE, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PRCE OF SOUL," WAS BORN WASHGTON, D.C., ON APRIL 2, 1939. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. AND WERE SIGNED TO GORDY'S LEGENDARY MOTOWN RERDS.MOTOWN RERDSGAYE'S FIRST CERTIFIED H UNR HIS OWN NAME WOULDN'T E UNTIL 1962, BUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT MOTOWN WERE FULL OF BEHD-THE-SCEN SUCCS. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. SHOWG HIS STRIP AS MOTOWN'S RENAISSANCE MAN, GAYE WENT ON TO BREAK TO THE TOP 40 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN 1962 WH HIS SOLO SGLE "HCH HIKE." THROUGHOUT THE 1960S, GAYE WOULD SHOW HIS IMMENSE RANGE, CHURNG OUT SOLO DANCE HS AND ROMANTIC DUETS WH H-MAKERS LIKE DIANA ROSS AND MARY WELLS. "CAN I GET A WNS" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" WERE SOME OF GAYE'S BIGGT HS OF THE PERD, THE LATTER ACHIEVG S PLACE AS MOTOWN'S BT-SELLG SGLE OF THE 1960S. FOR THREE HIGH-FLYG YEARS, GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL WOWED THE UNTRY WH THEIR SOARG DUET PERFORMANC OF SONGS LIKE "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU." UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR REIGN AS THE ROYAL COUPLE OF R&B END WHEN TERRELL SUCCUMBED TO A BRA TUMOR 1970. HIS BELOVED PARTNER'S ATH HERED A DARK PERD FOR THE SGER, WHO SWORE NEVER TO PARTNER WH ANOTHER FEMALE VOLIST AND THREATENED TO ABANDON THE STAGE FOR GOOD.POLIL MSAGEIN 1970, SPIRED BY LATG VLENCE AND POLIL UNRT OVER THE VIETNAM WAR, GAYE WROTE THE LANDMARK SONG "WHAT'S GOG ON." DPE CLASH WH MOTOWN OVER THE SONG'S CREATIVE DIRECTN, THE SGLE WAS RELEASED 1971 AND BEME AN STANT SMASH. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. WHEN WAS RELEASED THE SPRG OF 1971, THE WHAT'S GOG ON ALBUM SERVED TO OPEN GAYE UP TO NEW DIENC WHILE MATAG HIS MOTOWN FOLLOWG. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES
• 8 FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• CELEBRY DOPPELGANGERS: MORE FAMO LOOK-ALIK!{MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}ANOTHER ROUND OF STARS WHO ULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1013PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}ALLEN IVERSON AND D'ANGELO - WE'RE BACK WH MORE CELEBRY LOOK-ALIK! THE SIARI BETWEEN THE NBA LEGEND AND THE RECLIVE R&B SGER GO BEYOND THE RNROWS. THEY BOTH SHARE SOULFUL EY, FULL LIPS AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD. AND WHILE IVERSON ULD MAKE MIC WH A BASKETBALL, D'ANGELO IS A SLAM DUNK WH A MIC.  (PHOTOS OM LEFT: EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAG, FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG)2 / 29VLA DAVIS AND LRYN HILL - THE TWO TALENTED LADI LOOK LIKE THEY ULD BE RELATED, PECIALLY WHEN THEY ROCK THE CLOSE-CROPPED NATURAL HAIR. THEY ALSO SHARE BETIFUL MAHOGANY SK, WI-SET EY AND A KNACK FOR LLECTG AWARDS AND ACLAS FOR THEIR WORK.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ROB KIM/GETTY IMAG, MONI MAN/WIREIMAGE)3 / 29STACEY DASH AND MEGHAN MARKLE - THE BIRACIAL BETI (DASH IS PART MEXIN AND MARKLE IS AIN AMERIN AND DUTCH) ULD BE SISTERS WH THEIR SPARKLG EY, BIG S AND SKI-JUMP NOS. BUT THEIR REMBLANCE DON'T EXTEND TO THEIR POLICS: DASH IS A VOL NSERVATIVE WHILE MARKLE, WHO HAS A GREE INTERNATNAL RELATNS, NSIRED DITG HER LIFE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A POLI.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: PASL LE SEGRETA/GETTY IMAG, MICHAEL KOVAC/GETTY IMAG FOR ELLE)4 / 29NIA LONG AND TATYANA ALI - THEY WERE -STARS ON THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR, BUT LONG AND ALI ULD HAVE EASILY PLAYED SISTERS. THE BROWN-SKNED BETI SHARE LUMO SK TONE, ALMOND-SHAPED EY AND SHOW-STOPPG S.  (PHOTOS OM LEFT: EVAN AGOSTI/GETTY IMAG, ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)5 / 29CHRIS PL AND FABOLO - THE NBA PLAYER'S REMBLANCE TO THE BROOKLYN RAPPER HAS WONRG IF MAYBE CP3 HAS BEEN LEADG A DOUBLE LIFE AS HIP HOP STAR.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHN RIRD / BET, MICHAEL BUCKNER/GETTY IMAG){LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHN RIRD / {MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1152PX;HEIGHT:648PX;}6 / 29"CLIFF" PL AND ALFONSO RIBEIRO - SPEAKG OF A DOUBLE LIFE, WE'VE ALL SEEN CHRIS PL'S ALTER EGO "CLIFF" PL ON THOSE R SURANCE MERCIALS, BUT DID YOU EVER NOTICE HOW MUCH OF A REMBLANCE CLIFF BEARS TO FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR STAR ALFONSO RIBEIRO? LOOKS LIKE HE EVEN RAID CARLTON BANKS' CLOSET.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: STATE FARM, NBC)7 / 29LRENCE FISHBURNE AND CHIWETEL EJFOR - THIS YEAR'S MOST TALKED ABOUT NEW STAR IS REMISCENT OF OSR NOMEE FISHBURNE. WE DON'T DOUBT EJFOR WILL ENJOY AN EQUALLY ILLTR REER HOLLYWOOD.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: STT GRI/IMAGEDIRECT, STUART WILSON/GETTY IMAG)PHOTO BY PHOTOS OM LEFT: STT GRI/IMAGEDIRECT8 / 29LANCE GROSS AND BLAIR UNRWOOD - TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME IS WHAT THE TWO SIX FOOT HUNKS HAVE MON. NOT TO MENTN THOSE GOATE, PEARLY WHE TEETH AND CHARMG PERSONALI.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JEMAL COUNTS/GETTY IMAG, DIANE FREED VIA GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:800PX;HEIGHT:516PX;}9 / 29MICHELLE OBAMA AND DEBORAH TILLMAN - WH HER RICH SK TONE, STYLISH SHAG HAIRCUT AND BLDG SE, AMERI'S SUPERNANNY DEBORAH TILLMAN BEARS A STRIKG REMBLANCE TO OUR FLOTUS. ANOTHER THG TILLMAN HAS MON WH MICHELLE O? PARENTG SKILLS. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: CHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAG, COURTY DEBORAH TILLMAN){WIDTH:3922PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}10 / 29ANDRE 3000 AND JIMI HENDRIX - WH THEIR MATCHG TALL, LANKY PHYSIQU, BONE STCTURE AND BEFORE-THEIR-TIME TALENT, 'S EVINT TO ANYONE WH EY (AND EARS) THAT THE OUTKAST MEMBER IS A ADRGER FOR THE CEASED GUAR LEGEND. BUT NOW DRE HAS A CHANCE TO CHANNEL HENDRIX MORE THAN JT PHYSILLY. THE ALTERNATIVE HIP HOP PNEER PLAYS THE '70S MIC IN AN UPG BPIC.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG, FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:828PX;HEIGHT:584PX;}11 / 29WLEY SNIP AND OMAR EPPS - THE ACTORS SHARE SIAR ALMOND-SHAPED EY, STRONG JAWS AND BUFF PHYSIQU. BUT HOPEFULLY EPPS WON'T TAKE AFTER SNIP' TROUBLE WH THE IRS!(PHOTOS OM LEFT: BEN ROSE/PICTUREGROUP, KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG) {WIDTH:676PX;HEIGHT:484PX;}12 / 29JAM AVERY AND SUGE KNIGHT - AS JUDGE PHILLIP BANKS ON FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR, AVERY ENFORCED THE LAW. AND SUGE KNIGHT? WELL, HE BROKE — AGA AND AGA. IF THE TWO EVERY ME FACE-TO-FACE URT THE JURY WOULD PROBABLY DO A DOUBLE TAKE. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: COURTY NBC, MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}13 / 29LUIS FABIANO AND CHRIS BROWN - THOUGH THEY WERE BORN WORLDS APART, THE REMBLANCE BETWEEN FABIANO AND BROWN IS UNNNY. BETWEEN THE WI SET EY AND THE BROAD S, BREEZY AND THE BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL STAR TLY LOOK LIKE BROTHERS OM ANOTHER MOTHER. MAYBE 'S TIME FOR HEARTBROKEN KARECHE TRAN TO TAKE A TRIP TO IPANEMA?(PHOTOS OM LEFT: FRIEMANN VOGEL/GETTY IMAG, PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY WILLIAMS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:448PX;}14 / 29KREAYSHAWN AND AMY WEHOE - THE REMBLANCE BETWEEN THE "GUCCI, GUCCI" RAPPER AND THE LATE SONGSTRS GO BEYOND PHYSILY AND TO THEIR NEARLY-INTIL PERSONAL STYL. BIS THEIR SIAR FACIAL FEATUR, PALE PLEXNS AND TH AM, KREAY AND AMY SHARE A LOVE OF BODY ART, WGED EYELER AND TWO-TONED HAIR.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ANTHONY HARVEY/PICTUREGROUP, DAVE HOGAN/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:728PX;HEIGHT:504PX;}15 / 29KOBE BRYANT AND TUPAC SHAKUR - BIS THE BALD HEADS, KOBE AND TUPAC HAVE A FEW OTHER FACIAL FEATUR MON. FROM FOREHEAD TO CH, THE NBA STAR AND THE RAPPER ULD BE BROTHERS, BUT THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE GIV AWAY. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG, DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:876PX;HEIGHT:556PX;}16 / 29LOURS LEON AND KIM KARDASHIAN - WE REALIZE THERE ARE ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AND A FEW LAYERS OF MAKP OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADONNA'S DGHTER AND KANYE'S BABY MAMA, BUT TURN BACK THE CLOCK A OR SO ON KIM KARDASHIAN AND YOU HAVE A AD-RGER FOR THE MATERIAL GIRL'S FIRST BORN. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: PL ZIMMERMAN/GETTY IMAG, COURTY YEARBOOK LIBRARY){WIDTH:696PX;HEIGHT:484PX;}17 / 29TATYANA ALI AND GABRIELLE UNN - GOD BLSED THE WORLD WH TWO OF THE ALMOND-EYED BETI. SEND GENERATN WAYANS STAR ALI MAY BE ABOUT TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE THK LIKE A MAN ACTRS, BUT THE TWO LADI, WH THEIR DIMPL AND MEGAWATT S, LOOK LIKE TWS. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG, PL MORIGI/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:703PX;HEIGHT:452PX;}18 / 29RIHANNA AND RA ORA - THE ROC NATN BAB HAVE MORE MON THAN BOSS JAY-Z. FROM THE PLATUM HAIR, BRIGHT RED LIPS, SULTRY GAZ AND PENCHANT FOR BAD GIRL BEHAVR, RIRI AND RA ARE CLEARLY CUT OM THE SAME MOLD. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: THUMBS42/FAMEFLY PICTUR, )19 / 29EMAYATZY COREALDI AND TONI BRAXTON - THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ACTRS TURNED HEADS NOT ONLY FOR HER POWERFUL PERFORMANCE, BUT FOR HER STRIKG REMBLANCE TO A YOUNG TONI BRAXTON, PIXIE CUT AND ALL.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAG, PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC)20 / 29MARSHA AMBROSI AND PHYLLIS HYMAN - FOR THE TWO SONGBIRDS, THE SIARY IS ALL THE THE THICK, CURLY HAIR, THE POUTY LIPS AND RADIANT MOCHA SK. THE FLOETRY MEMBER, WHO HAS GREEK AND AIN ANCTRY, LOOKS LIKE SHE ULD HAVE BEEN THE DGHTER OF HYMAN, WHO DIED TRAGILLY 1995. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE, DAVID COR/REDFERNS)ADVERTISEMENT21 / 29BEYONCé AND SHAKIRA - WHILE THE TWO POP STARS DO HAVE MON FEATUR, PECIALLY THEIR BETIFUL S AND BLON WAV, THE REAL SIARY IS REALLY THE HIPS. JT LOOK AT THEIR LLABO ON THE H "BETIFUL LIAR" — YOU'LL SWEAR YOU'RE SEEG DOUBLE, AND MAY NEVER WANT TO GO BACK.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR ANHSER-BCH, MATTHEW ROLSTON/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAG)22 / 29MARV GAYE AND JSE L. MART - THE PRCE OF SOUL'S OWN SON PROBABLY DON'T LOOK AS MUCH LIKE THE LATE MARV GAYE AS JSE L. MART. THE LAW & ORR STAR'S ALMOND-SHAPED EY, CHEEKBON AND FACE SHAPE ARE INTIL TO THE MOTOWN LEGEND.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JIM BRT/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG, D DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAG)

IN SPOTLIGHT: MARV GAYE GALLERY

The life and tragic ath of Marv Gaye, the son of a preacher who beme Motown's voice of polil change and died at the hands of his own father. Marv Gaye skyrocketed to stardom as a leadg Motown artist the 1960s and 1970s. Marv Pentz Gay Jr.

To Alberta and Reverend Marv Gay Sr. Durg his childhood, Gaye clashed wh his father, a preacher who reportedly had a strict style of parentg. Sger Marv Gaye performs on the NBC TV mic show 'Hullabaloo' Febary 1965 New York Cy, New York.

Inially startg wh gospel mic his father's church, Gaye beme enthralled by the R&B and doo-wop tun popular the 1950s. Gaye was signed and began rerdg wh Motown Rerds 1961. Gaye's father had a reputatn as a "crossdrser" D.

THE LIFE AND TRAGIC ATH OF MARV GAYE, THE SON OF A PREACHER WHO BEME MOTOWN'S VOICE OF POLIL CHANGE AND DIED AT THE HANDS OF HIS OWN FATHER

In the 1960s, Gaye soared to fame. Promotnal poster for Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

MARV GAYE PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

Gaye had fallen to a ep prsn surroundg the ath of long-time llaborator Tammi Terrell, the failure of his first marriage, and troubl wh addictn. Rpondg to the protts and police btaly of Bloody Thursday Berkeley 1969, Gaye put out the now-famo "What's Gog On. " The choice to tegrate polics to Motown not only troduced Gaye to a larger dience, but paved the way for a new kd of prott mic rhythm and blu.

"In the early 1980s, Gaye briefly moved to Ostend, Belgium to ntrol his issu wh substance abe, addrs his fancial troubl wh the IRS, and rebuild his WBUR. Gaye left Motown Rerds and signed wh Columbia 1982 — this partnership yield his last album Midnight Love and s lead sgle "Sexual Healg.

" This smash h earned Gaye his first two Grammy Awards, Bt Male R&B Vol Performance and Bt R&B Instmental Performance 1983. Marv Gaye Photos and Premium High R Pictur - Getty Imag.

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Showg Edorial rults for marv gaye. Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Gaye, 1970. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July 1980.

Amerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye performg on stage, UK, 29th September 1976. Portra of Marv Gaye sg, Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July 1980. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, May...

814 MARV GAYE PHOTOS STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Gaye holdg a Grammy award, Marv Gaye at Grammy Award 1983Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, 1983. Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Gaye performs live on stage at Jaap Enhal Amsterdam, Netherlands 1978Portra of Marv Gaye, Wonr and Marv Gaye around a microphone at the Motown rerdg stud Detro 1965 the Uned Gaye performs at the Universy of Detro Fieldhoe 1976 Detro, Marv Gaye, cir 1980.

Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Marv Gaye pos for a portra cir 1964 New York Cy, New Jacksons, the Temptatns, and Marv Gaye playg basketball, September 30, 1972.

Gaye ridg a motorcycle, 1961. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye performg at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 25 January Gaye and Tammi Terrell, portra, Uned Stat, 1967.

MARV GAYE

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July Marv Gaye performs on the NBC TV mic show 'Hullabaloo' Febary 1965 New York Cy, New Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July Gaye, 1960.

Portra of Marv Gaye, 1962.

Amerin sger, songwrer and rerd producer Marv Gaye performs live on stage durg a Kool Jazz Ftival ncert performance the Uned... Amerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye performg on stage, UK, 29th September Gaye wearg a sailor hat and leang on a r, 1961.

THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE IN PHOTOS

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Gaye sgg on stage, Gaye at the piano, 1970. Amerin sger, songwrer and rerd producer Marv Gaye performs live on stage at the Royal Albert Hall London on 27th September Gaye performg at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 25 January Wonr, Marv Gaye, Diana Ross, Hotter Than July Mic Piic tour, 6 September 1980 Wembley ArenaAmerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye and Florence Lyl performg on stage, UK, 29th September 1976.

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Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, 1983. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, sger Marv Gaye performs at Rad Cy Mic Hall May, 1983 New York Cy, New York.

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

Amerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye rehearsg on stage, UK, 29th September Gaye, Gaye wearg su, 1961.

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, sger Marv Gaye plays piano as he rerds a stud cir Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, sger and songwrer Marv Gaye at Goln Wt Studs 1973 Los Angel, California.

1,637 PHOTO OF MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS AND HIGH-R PICTUR

Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Gaye, Gaye wearg a tuxedo walkg on stage, San Francis, California, 1980. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, Gaye, 1961. Marv Gaye: A Mic Legend Killed By His Father.

Marv Gaye Passed Away At His Fathers Hands.

1,637 PHOTO OF MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

Marv Gaye was a much loved if dg-hnted mician and helped shape the Motown mic scene the 60s to the extent that he was often lled The Prce of Motown or the Prce of Soul.

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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). GAYE'S LATER RERDS VELOPED HIS PRODUCTN STYLE AND YIELD SEVERAL HS, CLUDG "LET'S GET IT ON," "SEXUAL HEALG" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE." GAYE WAS KILLED 1984 DURG A DOMTIC DISPUTE WH HIS FATHER.EARLY LIFESGER MARV PENTZ GAYE, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PRCE OF SOUL," WAS BORN WASHGTON, D.C., ON APRIL 2, 1939. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. AND WERE SIGNED TO GORDY'S LEGENDARY MOTOWN RERDS.MOTOWN RERDSGAYE'S FIRST CERTIFIED H UNR HIS OWN NAME WOULDN'T E UNTIL 1962, BUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT MOTOWN WERE FULL OF BEHD-THE-SCEN SUCCS. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. SHOWG HIS STRIP AS MOTOWN'S RENAISSANCE MAN, GAYE WENT ON TO BREAK TO THE TOP 40 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN 1962 WH HIS SOLO SGLE "HCH HIKE." THROUGHOUT THE 1960S, GAYE WOULD SHOW HIS IMMENSE RANGE, CHURNG OUT SOLO DANCE HS AND ROMANTIC DUETS WH H-MAKERS LIKE DIANA ROSS AND MARY WELLS. "CAN I GET A WNS" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" WERE SOME OF GAYE'S BIGGT HS OF THE PERD, THE LATTER ACHIEVG S PLACE AS MOTOWN'S BT-SELLG SGLE OF THE 1960S. FOR THREE HIGH-FLYG YEARS, GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL WOWED THE UNTRY WH THEIR SOARG DUET PERFORMANC OF SONGS LIKE "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU." UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR REIGN AS THE ROYAL COUPLE OF R&B END WHEN TERRELL SUCCUMBED TO A BRA TUMOR 1970. HIS BELOVED PARTNER'S ATH HERED A DARK PERD FOR THE SGER, WHO SWORE NEVER TO PARTNER WH ANOTHER FEMALE VOLIST AND THREATENED TO ABANDON THE STAGE FOR GOOD.POLIL MSAGEIN 1970, SPIRED BY LATG VLENCE AND POLIL UNRT OVER THE VIETNAM WAR, GAYE WROTE THE LANDMARK SONG "WHAT'S GOG ON." DPE CLASH WH MOTOWN OVER THE SONG'S CREATIVE DIRECTN, THE SGLE WAS RELEASED 1971 AND BEME AN STANT SMASH. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. WHEN WAS RELEASED THE SPRG OF 1971, THE WHAT'S GOG ON ALBUM SERVED TO OPEN GAYE UP TO NEW DIENC WHILE MATAG HIS MOTOWN FOLLOWG. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. 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HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES

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THEY BOTH SHARE SOULFUL EY, FULL LIPS AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD. AND WHILE IVERSON ULD MAKE MIC WH A BASKETBALL, D'ANGELO IS A SLAM DUNK WH A MIC.  (PHOTOS OM LEFT: EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAG, FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG)2 / 29VLA DAVIS AND LRYN HILL - THE TWO TALENTED LADI LOOK LIKE THEY ULD BE RELATED, PECIALLY WHEN THEY ROCK THE CLOSE-CROPPED NATURAL HAIR. THEY ALSO SHARE BETIFUL MAHOGANY SK, WI-SET EY AND A KNACK FOR LLECTG AWARDS AND ACLAS FOR THEIR WORK.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ROB KIM/GETTY IMAG, MONI MAN/WIREIMAGE)3 / 29STACEY DASH AND MEGHAN MARKLE - THE BIRACIAL BETI (DASH IS PART MEXIN AND MARKLE IS AIN AMERIN AND DUTCH) ULD BE SISTERS WH THEIR SPARKLG EY, BIG S AND SKI-JUMP NOS. 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THE BROWN-SKNED BETI SHARE LUMO SK TONE, ALMOND-SHAPED EY AND SHOW-STOPPG S.  (PHOTOS OM LEFT: EVAN AGOSTI/GETTY IMAG, ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)5 / 29CHRIS PL AND FABOLO - THE NBA PLAYER'S REMBLANCE TO THE BROOKLYN RAPPER HAS WONRG IF MAYBE CP3 HAS BEEN LEADG A DOUBLE LIFE AS HIP HOP STAR.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHN RIRD / BET, MICHAEL BUCKNER/GETTY IMAG){LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHN RIRD / {MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1152PX;HEIGHT:648PX;}6 / 29"CLIFF" PL AND ALFONSO RIBEIRO - SPEAKG OF A DOUBLE LIFE, WE'VE ALL SEEN CHRIS PL'S ALTER EGO "CLIFF" PL ON THOSE R SURANCE MERCIALS, BUT DID YOU EVER NOTICE HOW MUCH OF A REMBLANCE CLIFF BEARS TO FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR STAR ALFONSO RIBEIRO? LOOKS LIKE HE EVEN RAID CARLTON BANKS' CLOSET.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: STATE FARM, NBC)7 / 29LRENCE FISHBURNE AND CHIWETEL EJFOR - THIS YEAR'S MOST TALKED ABOUT NEW STAR IS REMISCENT OF OSR NOMEE FISHBURNE. WE DON'T DOUBT EJFOR WILL ENJOY AN EQUALLY ILLTR REER HOLLYWOOD.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: STT GRI/IMAGEDIRECT, STUART WILSON/GETTY IMAG)PHOTO BY PHOTOS OM LEFT: STT GRI/IMAGEDIRECT8 / 29LANCE GROSS AND BLAIR UNRWOOD - TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME IS WHAT THE TWO SIX FOOT HUNKS HAVE MON. NOT TO MENTN THOSE GOATE, PEARLY WHE TEETH AND CHARMG PERSONALI.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JEMAL COUNTS/GETTY IMAG, DIANE FREED VIA GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:800PX;HEIGHT:516PX;}9 / 29MICHELLE OBAMA AND DEBORAH TILLMAN - WH HER RICH SK TONE, STYLISH SHAG HAIRCUT AND BLDG SE, AMERI'S SUPERNANNY DEBORAH TILLMAN BEARS A STRIKG REMBLANCE TO OUR FLOTUS. ANOTHER THG TILLMAN HAS MON WH MICHELLE O? PARENTG SKILLS. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: CHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAG, COURTY DEBORAH TILLMAN){WIDTH:3922PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}10 / 29ANDRE 3000 AND JIMI HENDRIX - WH THEIR MATCHG TALL, LANKY PHYSIQU, BONE STCTURE AND BEFORE-THEIR-TIME TALENT, 'S EVINT TO ANYONE WH EY (AND EARS) THAT THE OUTKAST MEMBER IS A ADRGER FOR THE CEASED GUAR LEGEND. BUT NOW DRE HAS A CHANCE TO CHANNEL HENDRIX MORE THAN JT PHYSILLY. THE ALTERNATIVE HIP HOP PNEER PLAYS THE '70S MIC IN AN UPG BPIC.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG, FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:828PX;HEIGHT:584PX;}11 / 29WLEY SNIP AND OMAR EPPS - THE ACTORS SHARE SIAR ALMOND-SHAPED EY, STRONG JAWS AND BUFF PHYSIQU. BUT HOPEFULLY EPPS WON'T TAKE AFTER SNIP' TROUBLE WH THE IRS!(PHOTOS OM LEFT: BEN ROSE/PICTUREGROUP, KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG) {WIDTH:676PX;HEIGHT:484PX;}12 / 29JAM AVERY AND SUGE KNIGHT - AS JUDGE PHILLIP BANKS ON FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR, AVERY ENFORCED THE LAW. AND SUGE KNIGHT? WELL, HE BROKE — AGA AND AGA. IF THE TWO EVERY ME FACE-TO-FACE URT THE JURY WOULD PROBABLY DO A DOUBLE TAKE. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: COURTY NBC, MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}13 / 29LUIS FABIANO AND CHRIS BROWN - THOUGH THEY WERE BORN WORLDS APART, THE REMBLANCE BETWEEN FABIANO AND BROWN IS UNNNY. BETWEEN THE WI SET EY AND THE BROAD S, BREEZY AND THE BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL STAR TLY LOOK LIKE BROTHERS OM ANOTHER MOTHER. MAYBE 'S TIME FOR HEARTBROKEN KARECHE TRAN TO TAKE A TRIP TO IPANEMA?(PHOTOS OM LEFT: FRIEMANN VOGEL/GETTY IMAG, PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY WILLIAMS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:448PX;}14 / 29KREAYSHAWN AND AMY WEHOE - THE REMBLANCE BETWEEN THE "GUCCI, GUCCI" RAPPER AND THE LATE SONGSTRS GO BEYOND PHYSILY AND TO THEIR NEARLY-INTIL PERSONAL STYL. BIS THEIR SIAR FACIAL FEATUR, PALE PLEXNS AND TH AM, KREAY AND AMY SHARE A LOVE OF BODY ART, WGED EYELER AND TWO-TONED HAIR.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ANTHONY HARVEY/PICTUREGROUP, DAVE HOGAN/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:728PX;HEIGHT:504PX;}15 / 29KOBE BRYANT AND TUPAC SHAKUR - BIS THE BALD HEADS, KOBE AND TUPAC HAVE A FEW OTHER FACIAL FEATUR MON. FROM FOREHEAD TO CH, THE NBA STAR AND THE RAPPER ULD BE BROTHERS, BUT THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE GIV AWAY. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG, DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:876PX;HEIGHT:556PX;}16 / 29LOURS LEON AND KIM KARDASHIAN - WE REALIZE THERE ARE ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AND A FEW LAYERS OF MAKP OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADONNA'S DGHTER AND KANYE'S BABY MAMA, BUT TURN BACK THE CLOCK A OR SO ON KIM KARDASHIAN AND YOU HAVE A AD-RGER FOR THE MATERIAL GIRL'S FIRST BORN. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: PL ZIMMERMAN/GETTY IMAG, COURTY YEARBOOK LIBRARY){WIDTH:696PX;HEIGHT:484PX;}17 / 29TATYANA ALI AND GABRIELLE UNN - GOD BLSED THE WORLD WH TWO OF THE ALMOND-EYED BETI. SEND GENERATN WAYANS STAR ALI MAY BE ABOUT TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE THK LIKE A MAN ACTRS, BUT THE TWO LADI, WH THEIR DIMPL AND MEGAWATT S, LOOK LIKE TWS. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: BENT RAGL/GETTY IMAG, PL MORIGI/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:703PX;HEIGHT:452PX;}18 / 29RIHANNA AND RA ORA - THE ROC NATN BAB HAVE MORE MON THAN BOSS JAY-Z. FROM THE PLATUM HAIR, BRIGHT RED LIPS, SULTRY GAZ AND PENCHANT FOR BAD GIRL BEHAVR, RIRI AND RA ARE CLEARLY CUT OM THE SAME MOLD. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: THUMBS42/FAMEFLY PICTUR, )19 / 29EMAYATZY COREALDI AND TONI BRAXTON - THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ACTRS TURNED HEADS NOT ONLY FOR HER POWERFUL PERFORMANCE, BUT FOR HER STRIKG REMBLANCE TO A YOUNG TONI BRAXTON, PIXIE CUT AND ALL.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: ROB MARCHANT/GETTY IMAG, PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC)20 / 29MARSHA AMBROSI AND PHYLLIS HYMAN - FOR THE TWO SONGBIRDS, THE SIARY IS ALL THE THE THICK, CURLY HAIR, THE POUTY LIPS AND RADIANT MOCHA SK. THE FLOETRY MEMBER, WHO HAS GREEK AND AIN ANCTRY, LOOKS LIKE SHE ULD HAVE BEEN THE DGHTER OF HYMAN, WHO DIED TRAGILLY 1995. (PHOTOS OM LEFT: JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE, DAVID COR/REDFERNS)ADVERTISEMENT21 / 29BEYONCé AND SHAKIRA - WHILE THE TWO POP STARS DO HAVE MON FEATUR, PECIALLY THEIR BETIFUL S AND BLON WAV, THE REAL SIARY IS REALLY THE HIPS. JT LOOK AT THEIR LLABO ON THE H "BETIFUL LIAR" — YOU'LL SWEAR YOU'RE SEEG DOUBLE, AND MAY NEVER WANT TO GO BACK.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR ANHSER-BCH, MATTHEW ROLSTON/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAG)22 / 29MARV GAYE AND JSE L. MART - THE PRCE OF SOUL'S OWN SON PROBABLY DON'T LOOK AS MUCH LIKE THE LATE MARV GAYE AS JSE L. MART. THE LAW & ORR STAR'S ALMOND-SHAPED EY, CHEEKBON AND FACE SHAPE ARE INTIL TO THE MOTOWN LEGEND.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: JIM BRT/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG, D DIPASUPIL/GETTY IMAG)

Gaye helped shape the sound of Motown the 1960s.

The Amerin sger was born Washgton, DC a look at the photos below as they give a glimpse to the life of the legendary Marv Gaye.