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Alberta Gay (born Alberta Williams Cooper; January 1, 1913 – May 8, 1987) was the mother of five children including recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye.Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, she married the minister Marvin Gay Sr., after relocating to Washington, D.C., in her early twenties.
Gordy is also the biological mother of Marvin Gaye III, who was born on November 17, 1965, when she was a teenager. His biological father, singer Marvin Gaye, was 26 years old and married to Gordy's 43-year-old aunt Anna at the time. She agreed to give birth to the child because her aunt was unable to conceive.
Marvin Gaye was an American music artist and singer-songwriter who won acclaim for a series of recordings with Motown Records.Gaye's personal life, mainly documented in the biography, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, included his faith; child abuse by his father; personal relationships with his two wives, friends, and girlfriends; and bouts of depression and drug abuse.
Marvin Gaye. The “Sexual Healing” singer died in 1984 after being shot by his father (ironically, he died April 1, the day before his 45th birthday). ... She moved into her mother-in-law’s ...
Along with Marvin, many of the family members have also made contributions within the music industry, theatre and film. Aside from him, the most notable relatives include Gaye's father Marvin Gay Sr. , his mother Alberta , brother Frankie , sister Zeola, brother-in-law Gordon Banks , son Marvin III (adopted by his first wife Anna from her niece ...
Janis Hunter Gaye, the second wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye and mother of two of his children, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 66.
Marvin Gaye’s family sued the hit song’s creators, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, accusing them of plagiarizing Gaye’s 1977 song Got To Give It Up.
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) [1] was an American 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".