Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr., age 44

Lost to gun violence on April 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, California.

an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to 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 hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". He was killed by his father a Pentecostal minister

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