Source: Gary Gershoff / Getty The legacy of late soul icon Marvin Gaye is one that fans must commemorate with an extreme sense of bittersweetness. Aside from the heartbreaking details surrounding his untimely murder at the age of 44 years old on April 1, 1984, which includes the chilling fact that he was murdered by his very own father, the loss becomes even more gut-wrenching when you add that it occurred just one day before what would've been his 45th birthday (April 2, 1984). So, as many people yesterday found their own special ways to honor the 40 years since losing a man known lovingly as the "Prince of Motown," the tribute continues on today as we reflect on what very well could've been his 85th birthday shoutout to our ageless aunties Shirley Caesar and Maxine Waters! Happy 85th birthday to the Prince of Motown, Marvin Gaye! pic.twitter.com/LROm2siT76 Classic Motown (@ClassicMotown) April 2, 2024 RELATED: Hear, My Dear:
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Gie Knaeps/Getty ImagesSome previously lost Marvin Gaye recordings may soon see the light of day after being discovered in Belgium.Over 40 years ago, Gaye lived in the home of Belgian musician Charles Dumolin, whose family recently uncovered a collection of items belonging to Gaye, the BBC reports. The collection includes costumes, notebooks and cassettes with what is believed to be music Gaye recorded while living in the city."They belong to [the family] because they were left in Belgium 42 years ago," Belgian lawyer Alex Trappeniers, who s a business partner of the family, tells the BBC. "Marvin gave it to them and said, Do whatever you want with it and he never came back. That s important."Of the 30 tapes in the collection, Trappeniers says there’s about 66 demos of new songs. “A few of them are complete and a few of them are as good as Sexual Healing, because it was made in the same time,” he shares.So far, there’s no word on if the music w