On June 6, 2010, Marvin Isley of died at the age of 56 in Chicago of as-yet-undisclosed causes.

Marvin Isley is the youngest of brothers in the group called The Isley Brothers, as well as a bass guitarist. Before Marvin joined the band in 1973, the Isley Brothers were hard-touring soul legends. Their 1959 rave-up "Shout" first propelled them on to AM radio, and their next big hit, 1962's "Twist and Shout" sold three million copies and was famously covered by the Beatles.