<Tr> <Th> Victim </Th> <Td> Marvin Gaye </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Perpetrator </Th> <Td> Marvin Gaye Sr . </Td> </Tr> <P> Marvin Gaye was an American musician who gained worldwide fame for his work with Motown Records . He was fatally shot by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., on April 1, 1984, at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California . Gaye was shot twice following an altercation with his father after he intervened in an argument between his parents . The wounds were fatal and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the California Hospital Medical Center . Gaye's death inspired several musical tributes over the years including recollections of the incidents leading to his death . Gaye was given a burial plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery and was later cremated and his ashes spread around the Pacific Ocean . </P> <P> Marvin Gaye had an acrimonious relationship with his father, Marvin Gay Sr., since his childhood . Marvin Sr. was a Christian minister who was a strict disciplinarian and often physically punished his children . He was also a crossdresser, which was commonly known in the family's Washington, D.C. neighborhood and made the younger Marvin a target of bullying . It was because of this, added with rumors of Marvin's own homosexuality, that Marvin added an "e" to his last name when he became famous . Gaye's father never approved of his son's career in music, and gradually grew resentful that Gaye was closer to his mother, Alberta, and had become the breadwinner for the family . Despite a brief improvement in their relationship after Gaye found success with his album What's Going On, father and son never found any lasting peace . </P>

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