Brenton
Death of Marvin Gaye
July 1st 2008 02:58
Painting of Marvin Gaye by Ronnie Wood
Marvin Gaye was a singer songwriter most famous for his song ‘Sexual Healing’. His death was one of profound tragedy, in it’s unusual circumstance.
Marvin Gaye was born ‘Marvin Gay’ but added an e to the end of his name to disassociate himself from his father. He was very close with one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell.
Following her death from a brain tumor, Gaye became seriously depressed and didn’t perform for two years.
He continued to have success musically, though soon after his main hit, Sexual Healing, he went back into solitude, moving in with his parents, where he reportedly had suicidal feelings several times after fighting with his preacher father.
Marvin Gaye was killed on April one 1984, the day before his birthday, shot to death by his father. His father was to be charged with first degree murder, changed to manslaughter after the discovery of a brain tumour.
It has been suggested that Marvin Gaye’s death was in fact the result of a conscious suicide attempt of sorts.
Image by Steve.Wild under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License.
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