Editing Marvin Gaye (section)

==Death==
{{main|Killing of Marvin Gaye}}
[[File:Marvin gaye death cert.jpg|thumb|Gaye's death certificate]]
In the early afternoon of April 1, 1984, Gaye intervened in a fight between his parents in the family house in the West Adams neighborhood of [[Western Heights, Los Angeles|Western Heights]]<ref name=titans /> in Los Angeles. He became involved in a physical altercation with his father, [[Marvin Gay Sr.]],{{sfn|Ritz|1991|p=333}} who shot Gaye twice, once in the chest, piercing his heart, and then into his shoulder.{{sfn|Ritz|1991|p=333}} The shooting took place in Gaye's bedroom at 12:38&nbsp;p.m. Gaye was pronounced dead at 1:01&nbsp;p.m. after his body arrived at [[California Hospital Medical Center]].{{sfn|Ritz|1991|p=333}}{{sfn|Ritz|1991|p=334}}

After Gaye's funeral, his body was [[Cremation|cremated]] at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park–Hollywood Hills]], and his ashes were scattered into the [[Pacific Ocean]].{{sfn|Ritz|1991|pp = 335–336}}<ref>{{cite web |date=April 23, 1984 |title=Jet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbQDAAAAMBAJ&q=marvin+gaye+cremated&pg=PA59 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |publisher=[[Johnson Publishing Company]] |via=Google Books}}</ref> Gay Sr. was initially charged with first-degree murder, but the charges were reduced to [[voluntary manslaughter]] following a diagnosis of a brain tumor.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/us/around-the-nation-no-contest-plea-in-death-of-marvin-gaye.html?scp=1&sq=death%20of%20marvin%20gaye&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Around the Nation – No-Contest Plea in Death of Marvin Gaye | date=September 21, 1984 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704032249/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/us/around-the-nation-no-contest-plea-in-death-of-marvin-gaye.html?scp=1&sq=death%20of%20marvin%20gaye&st=cse | archive-date=July 4, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> He was given a suspended six-year sentence and probation. He died at a nursing home in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/200833.stm|title=Marvin Gaye's father and killer dies|date=October 25, 1998|publisher=BBC|access-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027112909/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/200833.stm|archive-date=October 27, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>