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, 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.

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.

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

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 HUNTER GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MARV GAYE, AD 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). ”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.

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

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.

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

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. 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 HUNTER CHILDREN: MEET NONA GAYE AND FRANKIE GAYE

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. 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. 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.

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

“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. 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.

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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! ” 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. 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.

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

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. The post Janis Hunter Gaye, send wife of Marv Gaye, ad at 66 appeared first on TheGr. It has been nfirmed that sger, thor, manager, stylist — and ex-wife of the legendary late sger Marv Gaye — Janis Hunter Gaye has passed at me to many of Marv’s songs died on Saturday (Dec.

3), at her Rho Island rince, their dghter Nona Gaye om To Pay Tribute To Marv Gaye Durg People's Choice Awards 2021Clarence Gilyard Jr., Famed Actor, Dead At 66'Flashdance' And 'Fame' Sger Irene Cara Dead at 63Jan Gaye attends Songwrers Hall Of Fame 47th Annual Inductn And Awards at Marrtt Marquis Hotel on June 9, 2016 New York Cy. (Photo by Larry Bac/Getty Imag for Songwrers Hall Of Fame)Acrdg to UdisverMic, Nona issued the followg statement followg the ath of her mother:“I am eply sadned by the passg of my mother, Janis Gaye. (L-R) Nolan Shaheed, Jan Gaye, David Rz and Harry Weger speak durg An Eveng wh Marv Gaye’s “You’re The Man” at The GRAMMY Mm on April 02, 2019 Los Angel, California.

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

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, ” add Nolan Pentz, her grandson. Further mentg, Nona Gaye stated, “My mom was immensely proud of her grandson, Nolan, and how he stepped up as a young man, like a soldier, to help the fay and lend support tim of need. ”Hunter Gaye was the dghter of mician Slim Gaillard, bt known for his 1938 song “Flat Foot Floogie (Wh a Floy Floy).

” Asi om thorg her 2015 memoir After the Dance: My Life Wh Marv Gaye, she also managed the actg reer of Nona Gaye — who had rol The Matrix, Ali and sger Marv Gaye hugs his children, Nona Gaye and Frankie Chirstian Gaye at an event cir 1981. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archiv/Getty Imag)Per Billboard, Hunter Gaye met Marv as a teenager when he was the procs of rerdg his sensual 1973 h “Let’s Get It On.

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

The two married the same year before divorcg their time together, Marv also dited his Marv Gaye Live! Reportedly, the LP was “a romantic and erotic tribute” to Gaye is creded for assemblg some of Marv’s inic ensembl for performanc. The late stylist put together Marv’s inic silver and red-laced platform boots, bead nim shirt and red p outf that he wore at his historil Marv Gaye Live!

See vio Hunter Gaye is survived by her sister Shawnn Monteiro, her brother Mark Gaillard, her children Nona and Frankie and grandson Nolan Pentz.

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

Janis Hunter Gaye, the send wife of Motown legend Marv Gaye and the spiratn for several of his songs, died Saturday of an undisclosed e at her home Rho Island, her fay announced. Hunter Gaye was troduced to the sger by producer Ed Townsend durg a 1973 rerdg ssn at Hsville Wt Los Angel for his album Let’s Get It On, which was released that year. Gaye at the time was married to Anna Gordy, the sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy; Hunter Gaye was 17, he was 34.

Gaye wrote the song “Jan” for his future wife and rerd for his 1974 album, Marv Gaye Live!, and his 1976 album, I Want You, has been scribed as “a romantic and erotic tribute” to her.

Acrdg to her fay, Hunter Gaye put together the inic outf — red watch p, bead nim shirt and silver red-laced platform boots— that Gaye donned for his memorable 1974 ncert performance at the Oakland Colism. Her memoir, After the Dance: My Life Wh Marv Gaye, was published 2015.

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Hunter Gaye was the dghter of sger-mician Slim Gaillard, known for hs cludg “Flat Foot Floogie (Wh a Floy Floy).

” She also managed the reer of her dghter, Nona Gaye, a sger and actrs wh creds cludg Ali, Crash and two Matrix films.

“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. Popular send wife of Motown legend Marv Gaye and the spiratn for several of his songs, Jan Gaye Hunter has passed away at the age of Gaye Hunter died of her undisclosed e at her home Rho Island, her fay Gaye Hunter passed away on December 5th, e of Jan Gaye Hunter’s ath has not yet been disclosed by her fay who announced her ath.