Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, acclaimed music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist. With a cast of characters that includes diana ross,...Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, acclaimed music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist. With a cast of characters that includes diana ross, berry gordy, smokey robinson, and stevie wonder, this intimate biography is a definitive and enduring look at the man who embodied the very essence of the word soul.