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. 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.
MARV GAYE
But through skilled marketg of his mic rights, Gaye’s executors were able to pay off the mounta of bt.