He does have several children, though ... Although they had some major hits, Maze and Frankie Beverly's influence has only become clear in recent years as artists like Beyonce have started ...

Marvin Gaye performs on April 4, 1981 in Oostende, Belgium ; Marvin Gaye and children Frankie and Nona at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 1983 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles ...

"Love one another as he would want that for us all," wrote ... to the world as Frankie Beverly." "He lived his life with pure soul as one would say, and for us, no one did it better.

When Frankie Beverly ... President Carter had lost his reelection bid barely a week earlier. Nearly 60% of Orleans Parish, where Beverly was recording, voted for Carter. The GDP grew a stunning ...

he started calling himself Frankie after hearing Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (a major doo wop group) when he was only nine years old in 1956. Before that, Beverly had been singing gospel in church, ...

Gie Knaeps/Getty ; Ron Galella Collection via Getty It was so sweet for Marvin Gaye to be loved by his three children: Marvin III, Nona and Frankie ... and she did her best to preserve his ...