Full Name: | Marvin Pentz Gay | | | Description: | Vocalist, songwriter, composer, USA | Known For: | Known for the hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | | Instruments: | Voice, multi-instrumentalist | Music Styles: | Soul, Rock | | Location: | Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | | Web Site: | http://www.marvingayefans.com/ | | Date Born: | 2nd April 1939 | Location Born: | Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | | Date Died: | 1st October 1984 | Location Died: | Los Angeles, California, United States of America | Cause Of Death: | Shot | Memorial: | After Gaye's death, two of his children, his eldest son Marvin Pentz Gaye III became a record producer.Gaye's only daughter, Nona, became a model, an actress and a singer.
| | Summary: | He was the first son and second eldest of four children to minister Rev. Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr. and schoolteacher/domestic maid Alberta Cooper. Sisters Jeanne and Zeola, younger brother Frankie and Marvin lived in the segregated section of Washington, D.C.'s Deanwood neighborhood in the northeastern section of the city. | | |
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