Janis Hunter Gaye Parents: Meet Slim Gaillard And Barbara Hunter

Posted by Zora Stowers on Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Janis Hunter Gaye Parents: Meet Slim Gaillard And Barbara Hunter: – Janis Hunter was best known as the former wife of legendary late singer Marvin Gaye.

Janis Hunter Gaye was Mavin Gaye’s 2nd wife. She met the 2-time Grammy winner Marvin when she was 17 during a recording session in LA in 1973.

Janis’s mother, Barbara, was friends with Marvin Gaye’s producer, Ed Townsend and she brought her (Janis) to the studio to watch Gaye’s recording session. They started dating and welcomed their first child Nona in 1974 followed by Frankie in 1975.

Janis and Marvin tied the knot in 1977 when she (Janis) was 21 and he (Marvin) was 38. The pair later divorced in 1981, 3 years before Marvin was killed by his father the day before his 45th birthday.

READ ALSO: Janis Hunter Gaye Cause Of Death, Age, Family, Net Worth

Janis Hunter Gaye died on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at her home in Rhode Island, her family announced. She died at the age of 66. However, the cause of her demise is yet to be made known. Her family is yet to announce the final funeral rites. We will keep you updated.

Janis Hunter Gaye Parents: Meet Slim Gaillard And Barbara Hunter

Janis Hunter was born in Los Angeles, California, United States to Slim Gaillard (father) and Barbara Hunter (mother).

His father, Slim was an American jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. He was noted for his comedic vocalese singing and word play in his own constructed language called “Vout-o-Reenee”, for which he wrote a dictionary.

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