Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.

1939 - 1984  (44 years)

• Name	Marvin Pentz Gay
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	2 Apr 1939	Washington, District Of Columbia
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Apr 1984	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
  Person ID	I43772	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Marvin Pentz Gay,   b. 1 Oct 1914, Jessamine County, Kentucky d. 17 Oct 1998, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Alberta Cooper,   b. 1 Jan 1913, North Carolina d. 8 May 1987, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1935	Washington, District Of Columbia
  Family ID	F18812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Ruby Gordy
  Children	1. Marvin Pentz III Gaye
  Family ID	F17702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Janis Hunter
  Children	1. Frankie Gaye   2. Nona M. Gaye
  Family ID	F17703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  American soul singer-songwriter-producer who, to a large extent,usheredin the era of artist-controlled popular music of the 1970s.Gaye's fatherwas a storefront preacher; his mother was a domesticworker.