Returning to the U.S., he embarked on his final Sexual Healing Tour in April of that year. For a time, he had also achieved sobriety during his extensive stay in Belgium. Despite a brief improvement in their relationship after Gaye found success with his album What's Going On, father and son never found any lasting peace.īy 1983, after a period as a European tax exile, Gaye had re-entered the public eye with the hit song " Sexual Healing" and its album, Midnight Love. Gaye's father never approved of his son's career in music, and gradually grew resentful that Gaye was closer to his mother, Alberta, and had become the breadwinner for the family. It was because of this, added with rumors of Gaye's own homosexuality (and in tribute to one of Gaye's favorite singers, Sam Cooke), that he added an "e" to his last name when he became famous. He was also a crossdresser, which was widely known in the family's Washington, D.C., neighborhood and made the younger Marvin a target of bullying. was a Christian minister who was a strict disciplinarian and often physically punished his children. Marvin Gaye had a bitter relationship with his father, Marvin Gay Sr., since his childhood. Marvin Gaye performing in concert during the 1980s.
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