Reverend Marvin Gay Sr., a violent and philandering alcoholic, never got along with his oldest son, Marvin Gaye. The Motown legend even added an ‘e’ to the end of his name to distance himself from his father. On April 01, 1984, following a protracted family row, the Reverend shot and killed his son with a gun the singer had bought for him. For the story of another bad dad, read The Great Stork Derby, based on an actual contest in which a husband pressures his wife to have babies for cash and, fifty years later, learns the true meaning of fatherhood. Read more about the book in NOVELS.
