Marvin Gaye was one of twentieth century Motown's brightest and most romantic crooners, and his short-lived singing career was full of range, promise, and tragedy. As a young church singer, Gaye demonstrated his talent and soon branched out to mainstream music and played or sang alongside The Supremes with Diana Ross before launching into his own success. Marvin Gaye songs include duets like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Tammi Terrell and political anthems like "What's Going On," but his death brought all of that to an end. The murder of Marvin Gaye by his own father in 1984 was a shocking event, rife with psychological and substance abuse backstories that clarify - but don't necessarily explain - how he died. Ultimately, Marvin Gaye's life was full of ups and downs that brought him back to his parents' house and into the line of his father's fire one day before his 45th birthday.