In 1984, the fragile emperor of soul was at the end of his rope. Divorced, ruined, drugged, he returns to live with his parents. Until the morning when an argument with his pastor father turns into tragedy. Archive.
By Fabrice Pliskin
Published on April 1, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.
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This is how Marvin murdered Marvin. It was the day after Shabbat, a Sunday 1er April, in 1984, in the family home in Los Angeles, Gramercy Place. Around 11 a.m., Marvin Gaye’s father, Marvin Senior, a pastor at the House of God, a Pentecostal church mixed with Orthodox Judaism, entered the star’s room.
The father, without a word, points a .38 pistol at the son, in the biblical manner of Samuel L. Jackson in “Pulp Fiction”. His reverend eyes seem to say: “Blessed is he who, in the name of charity, guides the weakest through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the providence of lost children… And you will know that my name is the Lord when I I will bring my vengeance upon you. » This gun is not a…
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