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He (Gaye) threatened to commit suicide several times after numerous bitter arguments with his father, Marvin, Sr. On the E! True Hollywood Story about Gaye, singer Little Richard revealed that Gaye had premonitions of his murder in his final years of life. On April 1, 1984, one day before his forty-fifth birthday, Gaye's father shot and killed him after an argument that had started after Marvin's parents argued over misplaced business documents.

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Marvin Gaye and his father got into a heated argument, then it turned into violence, when his dad shot him twice and killed Marvin Gaye.

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Marvin Gaye Sr. shot Marvin Gaye Jr. Because of drugs.

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he was originally to be tried for murder but instead was tried for involuntary manslaughter after doctors discovered a tumor in his brain. he got 5 years probation

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they had an argument and the gun went off, or sod the story goes, it was all supposed to be accident

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