Marv Gaye, Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s. Among his h songs were ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve,’ ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg,’ ‘What’s Gog On,’ ‘Let’s Get It On,’ and ‘Sexual Healg.’
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THE ESTATE OF MARV GAYE: FROM BANKPT TO NOT
The first of this month marked the 35th anniversary of the tragic ath of Marv Gaye, who was jt a day shy of his 45th birthday.
MARV GAYE
Fortunately, however, Gaye’s executors—wh the help of a savvy bankptcy attorney—managed to salvage his most important asset: the sger’s tellectual property. At the time of his ath, Gaye had acced $9. Bouts of prsn, two failed marriag—one of which st him $600, 000 royalti om his 1978 album “Here, My Dear, ” which reunted the fallout of his first marriage to Anna Gordy Gaye—and a heavy substance abe addictn had led him to filg for bankptcy and seekg temporary tax exile Europe.
Gaye had left behd all but a Will.
But through skilled marketg of his mic rights, Gaye’s executors were able to pay off the mounta of bt. Gaye’s fay claimed that the song mirrored their father’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up. All this to say…Gaye’s heirs were still pretty lucky.