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Two bullets ripped into his son, penetrating his heart, a lung, and his liver, per the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office via autopsyfiles. By the early s, Marvin Gaye had found a home at Motown records, starting as a session drummer before making the leap to singer, per Biography.

The fight between Marvin Gaye and his father began on Saturday night, March 31,when the elder man became angry with Alberta over some missing insurance papers, per the AP. The fight continued the next day and became physical, with Marvin Gaye punching and kicking his father, according to Marvin Gay Sr.

Marvin Gay Sr. Alberta called Gaye's younger brother, Frankie Gaye, who lived next door. He was also a cross-dresser, a fact widely known in the family's Washington, D.C., neighborhood which made the younger Marvin a target of. He moved to Belgium, got clean, and made a comeback with 's album "Midnight Love" and its megahit "Sexual Healing.

ByMarvin Gaye had become addicted to cocaine, declared bankruptcy, had two failed marriages, the IRS hit him with a massive fine for unpaid back taxes, and he attempted suicide, according to The U. Sun and the Associated Press.

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Marvin Gaye's death at the hands of his father is one of the saddest stories in celebrity deaths. The retired minister came into the bedroom without a word on the afternoon of April 1,and pulled the trigger of the. Inside the tragedy that silenced a soul legend: Marvin Gaye’s last fight with his father August photo of Marvin Gaye in Los Angeles.

His father, Marvin Gay Sr. Gaye had gone so far as adding an e to the end of his name to distance himself from the man who'd abused him his whole life, per The U. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website. Instead, Gaye, tired of his father's abuse, quit school at age 17, ran away from home, and joined the U.

Air Force, which ended disastrously with Gaye faking a mental illness to get a discharge, per " Divided Soul. Once back, living under the same roof, Marvin Gaye and his father's relationship disintegrated.

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Marvin Sr. was a Christian minister and strict disciplinarian who often physically punished his children. Marvin Gaye was born on April 2,in Washington D. Even before his son was born, Marvin Gay Sr. Gaye's father was a minister in the Hebrew Pentecostal Church, but that didn't stop him from physically abusing his children, cheating on his wife, or becoming violent when he over-consumed alcohol, per The U.

Marvin Gaye found solace in music at church and believed he could win his father's love through singing. His disturbing last words only make it more tragic. The gun had been a present from his son for Christmas that year, according to The U.

Marvin Gayethe musical legend known as the Prince of Motown, was dying, a day before his 45th birthday. Still, the better he became, the more demands his father made on him, per " Divided Soul. If you or anyone you know needs help with addiction issues, help is available.

His son slumped down against the far wall and lay there, bleeding out. Marvin Gaye performing in concert in the early s Marvin Gaye had a bitter relationship with his father, Marvin Gay Sr., since his childhood. The last four months of his life he spent living at the Los Angeles home he'd bought for his parents, per History.