Marvin Gey (cabro)

Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. (October 1, 1914 – October 10, 1998) was an American Pentecostal minister. He was the father of recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye and gained notoriety after shooting and killing his son Marvin on April 1, 1984, following an argument at their home. Early life Gay was born the first of 13 children to George and Mamie Gay on October 1, 1914, on a farm along Catnip Hill Pike in Jessamine County, Kentucky and was raised in Lexington. He had a troubled childhood, where his physically abusive father would often beat his mother, him, and his five siblings. According to Gay's wife, Alberta, Gay's family life consisted of constant violence, involving domestic abuse and shootings. "Gays against Gays", she told author David Ritz. When Gay was still a child, he and his mother joined the Pentecostal church, the House of God. Gay moved to Washington, D.C., in his late teens to pursue a career as a minister of a House of God church there. Marriage and family While in Washington, Gay met his future wife, Alberta Cooper, whom he married on July 2, 1935. The couple bought a small house in southeastern Washington, D.C., at 1617 First Street SW, which was only a few blocks away from the Anacostia River. The street was nicknamed "Simple City" for its being "half-city, half-country". Alberta already had a son named Michael, but Gay sent Michael to live with his sister-in-law, Pearl.