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Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye

Dirty John by L.A. Times Studios

Jun 23, 202600:29:39Society & Culture

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...

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Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye is an episode from Dirty John by L.A. Times Studios. In 1984, soul legend Marvin Gaye was in the grip of a cocaine habit and living with his father, a hard-drinking Pentecostal preacher wit...

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Published Jun 23, 2026, 00:29:39 long, audio available.

Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye

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