Marva Hicks was an American R&B singer and actress who signed with Polydor in the late 1980s.
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She was born on May 5, 1975. According to Wikispro, her parents are C.L Franklin and Barbara Siggers Franklin. There’s no further information about her parents.
Hicks’ sudden death occured on Sept. 17. She was 47 years.
Hicks scored her biggest chart hit with the single “Never Been in Love Before”, written and produced by Jimmy Scott,which peaked at number seven, while two singles followed.
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She played T’Pel, the wife of Tuvok, in three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.
She also performed as a background singer for Michael Jackson in a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 16, 1996.
The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei Royal Family.
As part of the set list, Hicks sang the female part of the duet “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with Jackson.
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