Marvin Gay, Sr.
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Marvin Gay, Sr.
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Marvin Gay, Sr. at trial.
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Marvin Gay, Sr. at his sentencing hearing following his murder of
his son, September 1984.
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Marvin Gay, Sr.
with his son Marvin Gaye.
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On April 1, 1984, a paranoid, drug-taking, freaked out Marvin
Gaye was shot and killed by
his father,
Marvin Sr., at the elder's home on Gramercy in the Crenshaw District.
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Marvin Gaye's body.
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Marvin Gaye's death certificate.
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People gathering outside Marvin Gaye's residence following the
singer's fatal shooting, April 1, 1984.
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Marvin Gaye funeral procession.
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