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Post by Queenie on Jan 21, 2004 17:46:40 GMT -5
MARVIN'S STAMP IS STILL IN THE MAKING Organizers shooting for 2006 release.
*Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye will be considered for a commemorative US postage stamp for the year 2006 when the 15-member Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee meets January 22 and 23 in Washington, DC. The deceased singer is being sponsored for the unique and special honor by the Motown Alumni Association (MAA), Los Angeles chapter. "We began the efforts to get a stamp for Marvin Gaye last June," says Ron Brewington, chapter Executive Director. "Those efforts included a worldwide petition and letter writing campaign which garnered thousands of signatures of support." The MAA chapter had hopes of getting a stamp for Gaye in April, 2004, which would have been his 65th birthday. "But the U.S. Postal Service and the Postmaster General, on the recommendation of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee selects stamp recipients far in advance of the issue date in order to provide time for planning, design, production and distribution," says Brewington. "They had already made their selections for 2004 and 2005."
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Common
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Post by Common on Jan 22, 2004 10:30:45 GMT -5
We'll see what happens with this. I have mixed feelings about a stamp. But that's just me. I'm wondering what happened to the drug rehab center that his family was supposed to put together in his name? There were talks about it for a long time but nothing more has been said about it.
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Post by molly on Jan 22, 2004 16:27:20 GMT -5
We'll see what happens with this. I have mixed feelings about a stamp. But that's just me. I'm wondering what happened to the drug rehab center that his family was supposed to put together in his name? There were talks about it for a long time but nothing more has been said about it. Common I read a little excerpt from Rolling Stones Magazine about Meridain charity and David: Meridian, Mississippi, is starting a fund in honor of the TEMPTATIONS' DAVID RUFFIN, who died in 1991 of a drug overdose. The charity will likely help those in the area with substance abuse problems . I would love to see Ruffin on a stamp. And I hope that "fine" marvin Gaye gets his.
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Post by Joy on Jan 22, 2004 23:36:28 GMT -5
I enjoy Marvin Gaye's music of the 70's and 80's better than his hits in the 60's. He was an artist that really transition well into the 70's.
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Post by marvin Gaye on Jan 23, 2004 9:39:06 GMT -5
Did anybody notice that Marvin's Daughter Nona has a strong resemblance to her father,i remember reading something along the lines that Marvin was planning to collaborate with Barry Whit eon an album before they died does anyone know if that's true?
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