What happened to marvin gayes father

R&B legend Marvin Gaye came to an untimely end after his dad fatally shot him. What happened? Inside the Motown singer-songwriters' tragic story. 1 THE FATHER of Marvin Gaye has died, 14 years after he shot dead the legendary soul star during an argument. Marvin Gay as his name was spelled died in hospital last Sunday after developing pneumonia at his retirement home in Long Beach, California. 2 Marvin Gaye performing in concert in the early s Marvin Gaye had a bitter relationship with his father, Marvin Gay Sr., since his childhood. Marvin Sr. was a Christian minister and strict disciplinarian who often physically punished his children. 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. 3 That is why, when the news broke on April 1, , that singer Marvin Gaye had been shot dead by his own father, many thought it was a joke in poor taste. The fatal history of pop music was already well-populated with the deaths of some of its brightest stars by suicide, overdose, automobile, or plane accidents, but that an artist should die at the hands of his own father was unthinkable. 4 The father of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gay Sr. fatally shot his son on April 1, , at the family's Los Angeles home. 5 By the time year-old Marvin Gaye moved into the big, rambling house with his parents on South Gramercy Place, his cocaine habit was severe and his paranoia was deep. Enemies were conspiring against him, he feared. 6 Marvin Gaye's father shot and killed the soul legend at the age of 44 in Why did Marvin Gaye's father kill his son and what happened to him?. 7 On April 1, , one day short of his 45th birthday, Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father, bringing a tragic end to the life of a musical artist at the peak of his career. On the one hand, there was the longstanding conflict with his father dating back to childhood. 8 Marvin Gaye’s father was a Christian minister who believed in the strictest discipline for his children and he was known to administer physical punishment. 9 SERVICES Daily E-mail. Low Graphics. 10 . 11