According to TMZ reports:
Anna Gordy Gaye — Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife and older sister to Motown founder Berry Gordy — died early this morning in Los Angeles … TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the family tell us Anna died at home from natural causes. Family members discovered she had died around 3AM.
Anna and Marvin got married in 1964, and she was a huge influence on his career. She co-composed two hits on his classic “What’s Going On” album.
Marvin said his hit song “Pride and Joy” was inspired by his courtship of Anna back in the early 60s.
They had one child together — Marvin Gaye III — and eventually divorced in 1977. While they were estranged … Marvin wrote “Anna’s Song.” It was released in 1978.
Gordy Gaye helped cowrite three of Marvin’s songs: “God Is Love” and “Flyin’ High (In the Friendly Sky)” from 1971’s landmark album What’s Going On and “Just to Keep You Satisfied” from 1973’s Let’s Get It On.
“My sister Anna was the glamour girl of the family,” said Berry Gordy. “She was beautiful, sexy, playful, lovely. Men loved her, but she lived for her family, especially her younger brothers of which, I was lucky enough to be one. She backed me up on everything I tried to do and gave me the confidence to be what I wanted to be. I will miss her so dearly. What I’m grateful for most was that she lived to see me reach my goals and shared them all with me in happiness and joy.”
Anna Gordy Gaye is survived by her brothers, Berry and Robert, her son, Marvin Gaye III, and two grandsons, Marvin IV and Dillon.
Source: Rolling Stone
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