Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), the giant of soul music has dropped anchor in Ostend, Belgium. The choice of this stopover is to say the least unexpected, even incredible. In London Marvin Gaye met the flamboyant music and boxing promoter Freddy Cousaert, who invited him to Ostend, to stay with his family, a 24-year-old Dutch girlfriend Eugenie Vis and the five-year-old son Bubby. Gaye agreed, and on February 15, 1981 he boarded the Sealink ferry to Ostend.