Ed Sheeran wins copyright trial over claims he copied Marvin Gaye song

This Day in History: Marvin Gaye Is Shot and Killed by His Own Father

This Day in History:, Marvin Gaye Is Shot and Killed by His Own Father. April 1, 1984. Gaye's father — Rev. Marvin Gaye Sr. — shot and killed the Prince of Soul three times in the chest following a physical dispute between the two. It was a day before the soul icon's 45th birthday. Despite winning his first Grammy for "Sexual Healing" just a year before, Gaye was struggling with debt, depression and substance abuse. He had recently moved in with his father and mother. Gaye and his father had a difficult and complicated relationship since Gaye was a boy. According to Gaye's brother, Frankie — who held the singer in his arms as he died — his final words were, “I got what I wanted... I couldn’t do it myself, so I made him do it.”

Unreleased Marvin Gaye music unearthed in Belgium as legal proceedings loom

Debate has begun over the ownership of demo tapes reportedly left by late soul legend to his Belgian hosts while he was living there in the early 80s.