Anna Gordy Gaye, Motown Songwrer and Ex-Wife of Marv Gaye, Dead at 92 – Billboard

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• JAN GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, IS AD AT 66
• JAN GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, IS AD AT 66
• JANIS HUNTER GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MARV GAYE, AD AT 66
• JANIS GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 66
• JANIS HUNTER GAYE, WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, DI AT 66
• JAN GAYE HUNTER CHILDREN: MEET NONA GAYE AND FRANKIE GAYE
• ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• JAN GAYE JANNA
• ANNA GORDY GAYE, MOTOWN SONGWRER AND EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• ANNA GORDY GAYE, MOTOWN SONGWRER AND EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• ANNA GORDY GAYE DEAD: MARV GAYE'S EX-WIFE DI AT 92
• JAN GAYE JANNA

JAN GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, IS AD AT 66

Janis Hunter Gaye, the send wife of Motown legend Marv Gaye and mother of two of his children, has died, her fay said a statement.

JAN GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, IS AD AT 66

Jan Gaye, who sang backup on Marv Gaye’s 1977 h “Got to Give Up, ” died Saturday at home Rho Island. “From the time she met my father, she was exposed to the way he saw this world was achg, and she did her bt to prerve his legacy as he was taken om far too early, ” Nona Gaye said a statement after notg how “eply sadned” she was by her mother’s passg.

JANIS HUNTER GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MARV GAYE, AD AT 66

She also red about so many people the world, and I will do everythg I n to put to actn the thgs she wanted and help ntue the Gaye legacy.

”Jan Hunter was troduced to Marv Gaye 1973 Los Angel via a producer iend of her mother’s, when the sger was 34 and she was 17. At the time, Gaye was still married to but tranged om first wife Anna Gordy, sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy. Anna Gordy and Gaye separated 1975 and divorced 1977.

Marv Gaye died at the age of 44 three years later after beg shot twice the cht by his father at the Crenshaw District home he shared wh his parents.

JANIS GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 66

Jan Gaye was misintified as “Janie Hunger” The Tim’ obuary of her ex-hband. Marv Gaye wrote his 1974 h “Jan” for the woman who would bee his send wife, featurg the lyrics, “See, Janis is unique/ One of a kd/ Who says she lov me/ When she go to sleep, I kiss her face/ And thk I’m the luckit man/ And I’m her greatt fan/ There is no sweeter girl all the land (Land)/ Than my Jan (Jan), Janis (Janis), Jan (Jan), oh Jan (Janis)/ Jan (Jan).

JANIS HUNTER GAYE, WIFE OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE, DI AT 66

”In 2015, wrg as Jan Gaye, she released the book “After the Dance: My Life Wh Marv Gaye. ”In the fay statement, Nona Gaye, who acted “Ali” and the “Matrix” seri, scribed her mother as an unfettable woman.

JAN GAYE HUNTER CHILDREN: MEET NONA GAYE AND FRANKIE GAYE

”In addn to her children and grandson, Jan Gaye is survived by her sister, Shawnn Monteiro, and brother, Mark Gaillard. Jan Gaye attends the 47th annual Songwrers Hall of Fame Inductn Ceremony and Awards Gala New York Cy 2016.

(Charl Syk / Invisn / Associated Prs)Janis Hunter Gaye, the send wife of Motown legend Marv Gaye and mother of two of his children, has died, her fay said a statement. She was Gaye, who sang backup on Marv Gaye's 1977 h “Got to Give Up, " died Saturday at home Rho Island. “From the time she met my father, she was exposed to the way he saw this world was achg, and she did her bt to prerve his legacy as he was taken om far too early, ” Nona Gaye said a statement, after notg how "eply sadned" she was by her mother's passg.

"Jan Hunter was troduced to Marv Gaye 1973 Los Angel, via a producer iend of her mother's, when the sger was 34 and she was 17. Anna Gordy and Gaye separated 1975 and divorced welg dghter Nona 1974 and son Frankie 1975, Jan and Marv got married 1977.

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

They separated 1979, and their divorce was falized Gaye died at the age of 44 three years later after beg shot twice the cht by his father at the Crenshaw District home he shared wh his parents.

Jan Gaye was misintified as "Janie Hunger" The Tim' obuary of her Gaye wrote his 1974 h "Jan" for the woman who would bee his send wife, featurg the lyrics, "See, Janice is unique/ One of a kd / Who says she lov me / When she go to sleep, I kiss her face / And thk I'm the luckit man / And I'm her greatt fan / There is no sweeter girl all the land (Land) / Than my Jan (Jan), Janice (Janice), Jan (Jan), oh Jan (Janice) Jan (Jan). "In 2015, wrg as Jan Gaye, she released the book "After the Dance: My Life Wh Marv Gaye. "In the fay statement, Nona Gaye, who acted "Ali" and "The Matrix" seri, scribed her mother as an unfettable woman.

"In addn to her children and grandson, Jan Gaye is survived by her sister Shawnn Monteiro and brother Mark Gaillard.

JAN GAYE JANNA

Hunter Gaye spired several songs by the late Motown sger, cludg “I Want You, ” “Let’s Get On, ” and “After the Dance. ”Janis Hunter Gaye, the send wife and ocsnal me of famed sger-songwrer Marv Gaye, has died at age 66.

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

She died her Rho Island home of an undisclosed Gaye’s fay announced news of her ath, acrdg to The Hollywood Reporter. Her dghter, sger and actrs Nona Gaye, ma a statement about her passg.

“From the time she met my father, she was exposed to the way he saw this world was achg, and she did her bt to prerve his legacy as he was taken om far too early, ” Nona Gaye said.

”R&B sger Marv Gaye pos for a portra at an event wh his wife Janis Gaye on Oct. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archiv/Getty Imag)Hunter Gaye began her relatnship wh Marv Gaye after meetg him 1973.

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

Townsend was llaboratg wh Gaye on the follow-up album to his 1971 classic, “What’s Gog On. Still married to his first wife, Anna Gordy Gaye, Marv began a romantic relatnship wh Hunter Gaye that produced two children, Nona and Frankie. After his divorce om Gordy Gaye was falized 1977, Janis and Marv Gaye would spire her hband to rerd numero songs about her, cludg “Jan” for his 1974 “Marv Gaye Live!

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

” Marv even namedropped Hunter Gaye the album’s songs, cludg “I Want to Be Where You Are, ” and “Soon I’ll Be Lovg You Aga. ”In late 1978, Gaye released the album, “Here, My Dear, ” wrten about the dissolutn of his marriage to Gordy Gaye.

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

The album’s penultimate track, “Fallg Love Aga, ” was dited to Hunter Gaye, as stated Gaye’s bgraphy, “Divid Soul.

”However, the marriage between Marv and Janis was short-lived, wh much of their relatnship marred by Gaye’s alleged physil and psychologil abe of Hunter Gaye. They separated the late 1970s and divorced 1981, two years before Gaye was fatally shot by his father, Marv Gaye 2015, Hunter Gaye wrote a memoir about her tumultuo relatnship wh her late hband, “After the Dance: My Life Wh Marv Gaye. ”Along wh Hunter Gaye’s two children, she is survived by sister Shawnn, brother Mark and grandson Nolan.

A public memorial honorg Hunter Gaye’s life will be announced at a later date.

JAN GAYE JANNA

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