Songwriter, producer and singer Leon Ware at the 2016 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. in June 2016. Ware died TKTK. Earl Gibson III/Getty Images hide caption
Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran accepting the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Thinking Out Loud" in February 2016. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Marvin Gaye walks ahead of his Rolls Royce in Notting Hill, London, in 1976. John Minihan/Getty Images hide caption
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Marvin Gaye (at left), pictured here circa 1964, at the age of 25. At right, the 24-year-old rapper Drake. Gaye died in 1984, two years before Drake was born. Charlie Gillett Collection (left) / Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
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Michael Eric Dyson Commentary: Marvin Gaye's Story
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Remembering Marvin Gaye, 25 Years After Death
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Michael Eric Dyson: Older Than Marvin Gaye
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Harvey Fuqua was one of the major forces at Motown Records. Michael Ochs Archives hide caption
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