Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye
Crimes of the Times

Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye

Jun 23, 2026
29:39
E53
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In 1984, soul legend Marvin Gaye was in the grip of a cocaine habit and living with his father, a hard-drinking Pentecostal preacher with whom he had a lifetime of bad blood. One day, Gaye gave his father a gun and told him it was to protect the house. Some would see an elaborate plan to orchestrate suicide by his father’s hand.

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L.A. Times Studios
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