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Send all your hot 'n' heavy love letters, vicious hate mail, warped comments, and tamper-proof food products to: MAIL Dept., CREEM Magazine P.O. Box P-1064 Birmingham, MI 48012 GOT TO GIVE IT UP It is 9:00 p.m. April 1, 1984. A newscaster has just flashed on television and said, “Singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father today during a family argument.” That was it, nothing more, a newsbrief.

August 1, 1984

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Send all your hot 'n' heavy love letters, vicious hate mail, warped comments, and tamper-proof food products to:

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GOT TO GIVE IT UP

It is 9:00 p.m. April 1, 1984. A newscaster has just flashed on television and said, “Singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father today during a family argument.” That was it, nothing more, a newsbrief. The man didn’t say that Marvin Gaye was a man of class and style. He overlooked Marvin Gaye’s long list of hits. He didn’t even mention Marvin Gaye’s glorious return from exile. I blankly stared at the TV for a minute thinking how understated Marvin Gaye was.

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