HAPPY Heavenly BIRTHDAY to – Marvin Pentz Gay,Jr .(April 2,1939 – April 1,1984)(he later added the “e” in his surname) born in 1939 in Washington, D.C., in Washington, D.C. He will sign with Motown in 1962 and begin a 22-year career that includes hits “Pride and Joy,” duets with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, as well as best-selling albums exploring his social consciousness (What’s Going On) and sexuality (Let’s Get It On, Midnight Love).
The R&B/soul singer had 18 Top 10 hit singles and is best known for such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “What’s Going On,” “Let’s Get It On,” and his 1982 comeback song, the chart-topping “Sexual Healing,” which earned him two Grammy Awards.
Plagued by drug abuse, the artist moved in with his parents, preacher Marvin Gay, Sr., and Alberta Gay in the West Adams area of Los Angeles. A day before his 45th birthday on April 1, 1984 at approximately 11:38 a.m. PST, a fight broke out between father and son over the senior Marvin’s treatment of his mother during an argument over insurance papers which escalated to a fight. Gay Sr. allegedly retaliated with a gunshot from a .38 pistol to his son’s chest followed by a second gunshot reportedly fired at point-blank range.
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