Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gaye was shot to death by his father on April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th birthday. (Illustration: Danny Miller) Marvin Gaye, ...

Motown legend Marvin Gaye got his de facto theme song from a film that was outlived by his soundtrack: Trouble Man.

Marvin Gaye performs on April 4, 1981 in Oostende, Belgium ; Marvin Gaye and children Frankie and Nona at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 1983 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, ...

Marvin Gaye III was arrested in January, and his estranged wife later filed a temporary restraining order against him Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

In June 1973, Marvin Gaye cemented his status as one of music's sexual icons with his hit single "Let's Get It On." The years leading up to the single’s release were turbulent for Gaye. After the ...

Marvin Gaye was a Grammy-winning Motown star when he was shot and killed by his own father, Rev. Marvin Gay Sr., in their Los Angeles family home on April 1, 1984. The incident was a culmination of a ...

In the summer of 1971, Marvin Gaye’s album "What’s Going On" spoke directly to a country in crisis. Over nine interconnected tracks, the album pleaded for America to heal its many wounds: the war in ...

Today in history… April 2, 1939, Marvin Gaye was born. Like Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye is another famous legendary black musician whose story has interested many moviemakers, though none of the many ...

In 1972, Marvin Gaye seemed to be at the peak of his career. A year earlier he had released his album What’s Going On, a subversive, era-defining masterpiece. A year later he would release his next ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It has officially been 50 years since the release of Marvin Gaye's ...

Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages. “What’s Going On,” a poignant musical ...