Marvin Gay Sr.

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American Pentecostal minister human

Marvin Gay Sr. was an American Pentecostal minister best known as the father of soul singer Marvin Gaye and for fatally shooting his son in 1984.

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Label Occurrences
Marvin Gay Sr. canonical 5

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
Pentecostal minister ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Long Beach ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, California, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Frankie Gaye ⓘ
Jeanne Gay ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Zeola Gay ⓘ
convictedOf voluntary manslaughter of Marvin Gaye ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-10-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1984-04-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Gay ⓘ
Gay Sr. ⓘ
givenName Marvin ⓘ
healthCondition brain tumor ⓘ
physical frailty in later life ⓘ
legalStatusAfterTrial placed on probation ⓘ
locationOfEvent Marvin Gaye’s house, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
separated in later years ⓘ
name Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. ⓘ
notableFor being the father of Marvin Gaye ⓘ
fatally shooting Marvin Gaye in 1984 ⓘ
notableWork ministry at House of God church in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
occupation minister ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
parentOfCelebrity Marvin Gaye ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lexington County, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Long Beach ⓘ
surface form: Long Beach, California, United States
religion Pentecostal churches ⓘ
surface form: Pentecostalism
religiousTitle Reverend ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sentence five years of probation ⓘ
suspended six-year sentence ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Alberta Cooper Gay ⓘ
usedWeapon .38 caliber revolver ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marvin Gaye → killedBy → Marvin Gay Sr. ⓘ
Marvin Gaye → parent → Marvin Gay Sr. ⓘ
Prince of Motown → killedBy → Marvin Gay Sr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. → killedBy → Marvin Gay Sr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. → father → Marvin Gay Sr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye