Marvin Gaye Sr

English: Photograph by Jim Britt, whose other (copyrighted) photos of Gaye from the same session—many of them in full color—can be seen at his website. Originally distributed by Motown Records., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lost History – Why did Marvin Gaye’s father kill his son?

Harry Cluff | History

This week’s lost history looks at the tragic story of why the singer Marvin Gaye was fatally shot by his father, Marvin Gay Sr, on April 1, 1984.