Soul superstar Marvin Gaye was depressed and paranoid on his final day. He canceled his last tour and holed up at his parents’ home in Los Angeles, California.
His excessive drug use heightened the tension in the house. Soon, his lifelong power struggle with his father erupts into a violent climax when Marvin provokes his father to shoot him twice.
We delve into the Motown Prince’s violent childhood, uncover the source of Marvin’s strained relationship with his strict father, and learn about his struggle with drugs.
In the history of American popular music, few deaths have been more baffling, senseless and tragic than Marvin Gaye’s being shot dead by his own father the day before his 45th birthday.
This exploratory look at the soul icon’s final days examines how drugs, paranoia, depression and a lifelong tension between father and son led to events that shocked the world.
