Marvin Pentz (Gay) Gaye Jr (1939 - 1984)

Born 2 Apr 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Ruby (Gordy) Gaye — married 8 Jun 1963 (to 1977) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 1 Apr 1984 at age 44 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

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Marvin Gaye was a singer, songwriter and record producer who helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s. He received a Grammy Award for 1982's "Sexual Healing". He also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1996), a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).^[1]

Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. on April 2, 1939, at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr., and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper). Gaye was the second eldest of the couple's four children. He had two sisters, Jeanne and Zeola, and one brother, Frankie Gaye. He also had two half-brothers: Michael Cooper, his mother's son from a previous relationship, and Antwaun Carey Gay, born as a result of his father's extramarital affairs.

Marvin was the father of three children, Marvin III, Nona, and Frankie, and the grandfather of three boys, Marvin IV, Nolan, and Dylan. At the time of his death, he was survived by his three children, parents, and five siblings.

On April 1, 1984, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. After Gaye's funeral, his body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park at the Hollywood Hills; his ashes were later scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Marvin Gaye

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7S8-1FF : 6 March 2020), Marvin P Gay in household of Marvin Gay, Tract 49, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 2, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-49, sheet 16A, line 26, family 225, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 554.

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q214-871Q : 1 January 2021), Marvin P Gaye and Anna Birdsong, 08 Jan 1962; citing Marriage, Lucas, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP5K-W3W : 27 November 2014), Anna R Gordy and Marvin P Gaye, Mar 1975; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5XP-86B : 11 January 2021), Marvin Gaye, Apr 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG16-ZRC : 26 November 2014), Marvin Penz Gaye, 01 Apr 1984; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV57-P3B2 : accessed 11 February 2021), Marvin Gaye, San Diego, California, United States, 02 Apr 1984; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2021), memorial page for Marvin Gaye Jr. (2 Apr 1939–1 Apr 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #4606, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, who reports a Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q189758, en:Wikipedia

• Biography.com

• The tragic story of Marvin Gaye and the untimely death of a soul legend