Because Gaye gifted the trove of items to the late Dumolin, it legally belongs to his family, according to Trappeniers, and Belgian law indicates that, after 30 years, any item is legally yours.

*The Prince of Motown, Marvin Gaye, was conceived in ’38, shot with a 38, and died 38 years ago today April 1, 1984. May the music he gave to the world live on forever!

The Marvin Gaye Forever stamp was issued on April 2, 2019, which would have been Gaye’s 80th birthday. (Courtesy shutterstock) But, let’s make it plain.

Marvin Gaye, clutching one of three Image Awards received at the NAACP's 5th Annual Image Awards Show in Hollywood, sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing" with awards chairman Maggie Hathaway and the ...

On May 21, 1971, Marvin Gaye took an already impressive musical career and elevated it to new heights with a monumental album that would surpass all his previous work in terms of cultural ...

A collection of previously unheard Marvin Gaye recordings has surfaced in Belgium, as the BBC reports. The 30 or so tapes apparently have 66 demos of new songs that Gaye recorded while in the ...

The year 1971 saw the release of a host of now-classic albums, including Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On? In a 2011 review of the album for Pitchfork, Ryan Dombal observed that it “marked the ...

Marvin Gaye got into the crowd for a memorable performance of "Let's Get It On" on "Soul Train" on Feb. 16, 1974. Credit: Soul Train via Getty Images/Soul Train ...

Jan Hunter was introduced to Marvin Gaye in 1973 in Los Angeles via a producer friend of her mother’s, when the singer was 34 and she was 17. At the time, Gaye was still married to but estranged ...

Gaye, who died in 1984, collaborated with Townsend, who died in 2003, to write "Let's Get It On," which topped the Billboard charts in 1973. "Thinking Out Loud" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard ...