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Tammi Terrell

Terrell collapsed in the arms of Marvin Gaye (pictured at right performing with Terrell) after playing a college homecoming in Virginia in 1967.

Diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour, she died two and a half years later, aged 24.

Her death inspired some of the songs on Gaye's introspective album, What's Going On? (1971).