Alberta Gay

January 10, 2024
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Alberta Gay
Full Name Alberta Gay
Occupation Family Member
Date Of Birth Jan 1, 1913(1913-01-01)
Age 111
Date Of Death May 9, 1987, Burbank, CA
Birthplace North Carolina
Country United States
Birth City North Carolina
Horoscope Capricorn

Alberta Gay Biography

Name Alberta Gay
Birthday Jan 1
Birth Year 1913
Place Of Birth North Carolina
Home Town North Carolina
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Capricorn
Spouse Marvin Gay Sr.
Children(s) Frankie Gaye, Zeola Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Jeanne Gaye, Michael Cooper

Alberta Gay is one of the most popular and richest Family Member who was born on January 1, 1913 in North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Best known as the mother of legendary R&B singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye, she witnessed her famous son’s 1984 murder at the hands of his father (and her husband), Marvin Gay, Sr.

Her son Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Gay) is remembered for such hits as “Sexual Healing” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”

She divorced Marvin Gay, Sr. after he shot and killed their son following an argument. Her nearly fifty-year marriage to Gay produced three other children in addition to Marvin: Jeanne, Frankie, and Zeola.

Alberta Gay Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Family Member
House Living in own house.

Alberta Gay is one of the richest Family Member from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alberta Gay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and she had a troubled childhood, during which her father fired a non-fatal shot at her mother. She was not allowed to attend school until she was the age of a typical third-grader.

She supported her family by working as a housekeeper in Virginia and Maryland.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alberta Gay Dating?

According to our records, Alberta Gay married to Marvin Gay Sr.. As of December 1, 2023, Alberta Gay’s is not dating anyone.

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Alberta Ranked on the list of most popular Family Member. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alberta Gay celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.

What happened to Alberta Gaye?

The mother of slain soul singer Marvin Gaye, who tried to stop the 1984 argument that led to her son’s death and her husband’s arrest, died Friday of bone cancer at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank at age 74.

How much time did Marvin Gaye's dad get for killing him?

What happened to Marvin Gaye’s father? Marvin Sr was quoted as saying at the time: “I didn’t mean to do it.” He pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter charge on September 20, 1984. On November 2, 1984, Judge Gordon Ringer sentenced him to a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation.

Are Marvin Gayes parents alive?

October 10, 1998

Who is Marvin Gaye mother?

Alberta Gay

Is Frankie Gaye still alive?

December 30, 2001

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