Death of Marvin Gaye
1984 · Event
The day before his 45th birthday, Gaye is shot dead by his father during a quarrel at the family home in Los Angeles.
On these timelines: US Popular Music, Master
More from US Popular Music
- Can I Kick It? (A Tribe Called Quest) (1990)
- Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye) (1982)
- The Weight (The Band) (1968)
- I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) (1969)
- Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) (1968)
- He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones) (1980)
- Where Is My Mind? (Pixies) (1988)
- Sex Machine (James Brown) (1970)
Around 1984
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)