His first home was in a public housing project, the Fairfax Apartments (now demolished) at 1617 1st Street SW in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood. and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper). on April 2, 1939, at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr.
later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, and received a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation. On April 1, 1984, the eve of his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot dead by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., at their house in West Adams, Los Angeles, after an argument. Gaye's last televised appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang " The Star-Spangled Banner" Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever and Soul Train. He was a tax exile in Europe in the early 1980s he released " Sexual Healing" in 1982, a hit which won him his first two Grammy Awards on the album Midnight Love. His later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul. During the 1970s, Gaye recorded the albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of a production company. Gaye also recorded duets with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross. Gaye's Motown hits include " Ain't That Peculiar", " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and " I Heard It Through the Grapevine". 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". Ap– April 1, 1984) was an American singer and songwriter.
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