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Eventually, Marvin demanded that Marvin Gaye Sr. On April 1,Alberta was trying to calm Marvin down in his bedroom when his father barged into the room and shot Marvin in the chest with the. He knew Marvin was his. The first shot was enough to kill Marvin, but after he fell to the ground, Gaye Sr.

Alberta ran to her younger son Frankie, who lived in a guest house on the property. At this time, Marvin Gaye was struggling with debt, depression, and a cocaine addiction. However, police officers quickly disputed these claims that Gaye was violently beaten after they found no indication of bruises on his head or any physical indication that he had been kicked or punched multiple times.

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It was this same pistol that would eventually kill Marvin. Whatever the reason was for Gaye Sr. Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. (October 1, – October 10, ) was an American Pentecostal minister. Although Marvin Gaye Sr. Marvin Gaye always had a strained relationship with his father.

Marvin Gaye was pronounced dead at pm. He was When police arrived at the house, Marvin Gaye Sr. When the police asked Gaye Sr. Gaye Sr. In a jail cell interview before his trial, Gaye Sr. And then I fired again. In his defense, Gaye Sr.

He kicked me everywhere he could kick me. Frankie was the first one to enter the scene just after Marvin had been shot. He was the father of recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye and gained notoriety after shooting and killing his son Marvin on April 1,following an argument at their home.

The fight took place at their home in Los Angeles, and Marvin was shot twice by his father, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the nearest hospital. Marvin Gaye Sr. I told him that was nonsense. It seems that the shooting occurred in the heat of the moment, and Marvin Gay Sr.

pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter charge. On April 1,musician Marvin Gaye was fatally shot by his own father. However, almost as soon as Marvin moved back home, his father once again turned violent toward him. The father of the singer Marvin Gaye dies in a Californian retirement home, some 14 years after he shot and killed his son during a family row.

Marvin was becoming increasingly upset that his father was taking his anger out on his mother, who had just had kidney surgery.