Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

It has been revealed, in the aforementioned biographies, that the REAL mother of Marvin Gaye III is actually Denise Gordy, 67 (pictured below), the niece of Berry Gordy and Marvin II's then-wife, Anna Gordy. Her mother, Barbara, was friends with Ed Townsend, Gaye’s producer, and he brought her to the studio to watch Gaye record. Among them: her Marvin Gaye tee with “GWEN” written on the tag. I took it for mine — the T-shirt Mama had died in. But what I remember most is that it is the one she lived in, loved. The mother of slain soul singer Marvin Gaye, who tried to stop the 1984 argument that led to her son's death and her husband's arrest, died Friday of bone cancer at St. Business California It has exploded after the singer's estate won a $7.4m … Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye when she was 17. Marvin Gaye's sisters and widow have told Daily Mail Online of the bitter rift between them.