R.I.P.: Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye's Ex Wife Dies at 92

Anna Gordy Gaye, composer, songwriter and entrepreneur, died Friday (Jan. 31). She was sister to Motown Records founder, Berry Gordy and the ex-wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye.

According to TMZ.com, she died of natural causes.

Gaye was born Anna Rudy Gordy in Milledgeville, Ga., the third eldest of Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Ida Gordy. Like many of her family members, she was a successful business person. She co-founded a photo concession at Detroit's Flame Show Bar and a label, Anna Records, with her sister Gwen and singer Billy Davis. 

In her marriage to Marvin Gaye, which began in 1964 and ended in divorce in 1977, the couple had one child, Marvin Gaye III.

Anna Gaye is known to have greatly influenced her ex-husband's career, including co-writing songs with him for the Motown group The Originals (including the hit "Baby, I'm For Real"); co-composing two songs on his classic What's Going On; and inspiring such records as "Pride and Joy" and "Anna's Song" (the former was written during their courtship, the latter during a separation).

His album, Here, My Dear, was written during an especially troubled time in their relationship. By the '80s, however, the two reconciled their friendship and she began making public appearances with him again, including when he won his only two Grammys at the 1983 awards show. After he passed in 1984, she accepted his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on his behalf.

Her last public appearance was at a red carpet event with her brother, Berry, in 2008.

Gaye died of natural causes, in her home, around 3 a.m. Family members found her body.

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Which Is Worse: Emotional or Physical Cheating?

 

Cheating, it’s probably at the top of the list of why relationships fall apart. The reasons behind it can be some of many: contempt, revenge, dissatisfaction, , etc. Sometimes cheating can be the necessary evil for a relationship that is falling apart to get the reality check it needs to come back together. While in other cases, it is the one thing that the relationship couldn’t withstand.

 

An interesting poll and commentary was done on Huffingtonpost.com that discussed men and women’s view on emotional vs. physical cheating. The conclusions were compelling and yet, different. It in fact plays on the idea that men and women think and feel differently.

 

For him, physical cheating is a game changer. Men relate to the physical more than most women do, and there for have a possessive and protective nature. Apparently, a man who realizes his partner has developed a physical relationship with someone else, simply put, feels emasculated. They feel a painful rejection. Even though no one wants to share their significant other physically, a man prides himself on the sacredness of what he shares with his woman’s body.

 

She is an emotionally driven creature, and therefore the physical isn’t quite as second nature to her. Physical interaction with another person is the lesser of the two evils. Emotionally driven cheating makes her feel likes she’s lost. It makes her believe that he has completely given up on the relationship. The way she looks at it, a physical rendezvous can happen for a number of reasons, but more importantly it can be a “mistake”. You can’t mistake a well contemplated emotional affair. In her mind there is no emotional cheating equivalent to a one night stand. This type of scenario entails a more calculated and elaborate approach to keep a secret.

So which do you feel is a more devastating breach of the “relational contract”?

Ultimately, relationships are about commitment, and if this can’t be done then people should re-evaluate their circumstance. Hurt feelings, angst, and resentment are slow killers. They eat away at relationships, and quite frankly whether it be emotional or physical cheating, you are bound to deal with at least one of the 3.




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Soul singer, Seal steps out with a stunning mystery brunette on a trip to the supermarket with his kids

The soul singer couldn't stop smiling as he paraded his mystery woman

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Soul singer Seal could not stop smiling when he stepped out with a stunning mystery brunette on Thursday.
Heidi Klum's ex was seen walking out of a supermarket in Malibu with the brunette beauty and two of his four children, Leni, nine and eight-year-old Henry.
And as hard as he tried he just couldn't hide the beaming smile poking out from under his shades.
And his pixie-haired lady friend looked equally happy as she held Leni's hand.

 

Seal introduces his kids to a mystery woman

 

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CRAZY! Tattoo fans have naked ladies, Hello Kitty characters and even love messages tattooed INSIDE their inner lips! See bizarre photos!

If the thought of having a dentist inject anaesthetic into your gums makes you flinch, the latest trend in body art is likely to have you turning away in horror.
Using the same repetitive needle and ink work as a normal tattoo, inner lip inking, mostly on the lower lip, are currently taking the body art world by storm.
Now the trend is going viral online, with people rushing to show off their etchings with like-minded people on photo sharing sites.

 

One dedicated Hello Kitty fan has opted to get the logo inked into her lower lip in a increasingly popular body art trend

 

Most inner lip tattoos are a line of plain text, in part simply due to the lack of space for larger designs

 

 

Despite the reportedly high level of pain experienced if the inner mouth is tattooed, some brave souls still opt to have their designs coloured in

 

These types of tattoos frequently fade, with most lasting about 5 years, but some reportedly disappearing in months

 

Those who have had inner lip tattoos often share the finished design on social media sites dedicated to

 

This person has chosen to express their dietary lifestyle, writing 'Vegan' inside their lip

 

This man has opted for the outline of a rather busty lady reclining inside his mouth

But inner lip tattoos aren't all fun and games. Although discreet, some websites warn that due to the number of nerves in the mouth, having any inking inside the mouth is considerably more painful than other tattoos.
Some tattoo fans, however, report not feeling any pain at all.
More problematic is the short life span of inner lip tattoos, with most lasting just five years, although some reportedly last less than a few months.

 

Some tattoos are rather humorous, with one joker having a moustache drawn on his upper inner lip

 

Requiring the same repetitive needle and ink work as a normal tattoo, tattooing inside the lips has been rapidly gaining in popularity

 

Hidden from view, lip tattooing allows people to be more adventurous than with more visible inking

 

Some people chose to use the tattoo as a secret message, with one couple choosing to have 'forever' inked into one of their lips, and 'and ever' on the other.

 

This man has rather ironically chosen to have 'sore lips' tattooed. Due to the number of nerves in the mouth, having any inking inside the mouth is significantly more painful than other tattoos

 
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PHOTOS: Ukrainian anti-government protestor kidnapped, CRUCIFIED and has part of his ear cut off before being dumped in a forest after a week of torture

A Ukrainian opposition activist who went missing last week says he was kidnapped, crucified and had part of his ear cut off in the latest attack on an anti-government protester.

Dmytro Bulatov, 35, a member of Automaidan, a group of car owners that has taken part in the protests against President Viktor Yanukovych, went missing January 22.

He was discovered outside Kiev yesterday and told rescuers that his kidnappers kept him in the dark for more than a week, beat him severely, nailed him to a cross and sliced off a piece of ear, before eventually dumping him in a forest.

 

Torture: Dmytro Bulatov told rescuers that his kidnappers kept him in the dark for more than a week, beat him severely, nailed him to a cross and sliced off a piece of his ear

 

Ukrainian opposition leader Vitali Klitschko speaks to Dmytro Bulatov in the Kiev hospital where he is receiving treatment after the alleged kidnapping

 

Dmytro Bulatov's badly swollen hands appeared to show nail marks from his alleged crucifixion

 

 

Opposition leader Petro Poroshenko (right) rushed to the hospital where Bulatov (left) was taken

'They crucified me, they nailed down my hands. They cut off my ear, they cut my face. There isn't a spot on my body that hasn't been beaten...Thank God I am alive,' Bulatov told Ukraine's Channel 5.
Footage shows his face and clothes covered in blood and his swollen hands showing nail marks. 
Opposition leader Petro Poroshenko rushed to the hospital where Bulatov was taken last night.

 

'Dmytro asked to pass his greetings to everyone and to say that he has not been broken and will not be broken,' Poroshenko told Channel 5.
'That he is full of energy and despite the fact that he body was been beaten, Dmitry's spirit is strong.'
Police said they have opened an investigation and said the car he was driving when he disappeared had been found.
Bulatov is among three activists whose disappearances have shocked the country, especially after one of them was found dead.

Tortured Ukrainian protester says crucifixion was horrifying

 

 

Before and after: Dmytro Bulatov is a member of Automaidan, a group of car owners that has taken part in the protests against President Viktor Yanukovych

 

The former boxer and now senior Ukrainian opposition figure Vitali Klitschko visits Dmytro Bulakow in hospital

 

Klitschko visited his fellow opposition leader just hours after Bulatov was discovered badly injured in a forest

 

Opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov says there isn't a spot on his body that wasn't beaten by his kidnappers

He went missing one day after Igor Lutsenko, another prominent opposition activist, who was discovered after being taken to the woods and beaten severely by unknown attackers. 
Lutsenko was kidnapped from a hospital, where he had brought a fellow protester, Yuri Verbitsky, to be treated for an eye injury. Verbitsky was also beaten severely and was later discovered dead. 
The disappearances prompted an outcry from protesters, who accused the government of intimidating the opposition. 
The protests started after Yanukovych backed out of an agreement to deepen ties with the European Union in November, but quickly came to encompass an array of discontent over corruption, heavy-handed police and dubious courts.

 

A masked protester poses for pictures on the barricade during ongoing protests in Kiev

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Tense: Riot police stand guard in front of anti-government protesters early this morning

 

Anti-government protesters warm themselves at a fire on a barricade early this morning

Negotiations between the authorities and the opposition on finding a way out of the crisis appeared to have stalled yesterday, after Yanukovych took an unexpected sick leave and told opposition leaders that it was now up to them to make concessions. 
This week Yanukovych accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the parliament, which he controls, rescinded harsh anti-protest legislation that sparked last week's violence.
But a bill passed by Yanukovych's allies in parliament offered to grant amnesty to protesters only after they vacate scores of government-buildings they have seized across the country, a demand rejected by the opposition.





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