Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
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| Full name at birth | Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
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| Claim to fame | songs like "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Let's Get It On" and his 1980s hit "Sexual Healing"
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| Date of birth | 2 April 1939
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| Place of birth | Freedman's Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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| Date of death | 1 April 1984
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| Age | 44 (age at death)
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| Place of death | California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds to the heart and left shoulder
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| Resting place | Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea
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| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| Weight | 172 lbs (78 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Tenor voice range
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| Net worth | $9,000,000 USD
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![Marvin Gaye - Black Stars Magazine Cover [United States] (January 1975)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/d/8/d878ilaupwmnpnl7.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Marvin Gaye - Black Music Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (January 1974)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/7/6/769hx68p5nii659i.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Marvin Gaye - Yours Retro Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (April 2021)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/t/2/t24wwgt1vr7ktrwt.jpg?skj2io4l)
- His name has been used as the title of several hit songs like Big Sean‘s Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay and Charlie Puth‘s debut hit Marvin Gaye (ft. Meghan Trainor).
- On September 27, 1990, he was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Marvin Gaye’s body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Hollywood Hills and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
- He was friends with Diana Ross.
- After dropping out of high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force as a basic airman.
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