Marva Hicks, an American R&B singer and actress who signed with Polydor in the late 1980s and played T’Pel, the wife of Tuvok, in three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager had an estimated net worth of $2 million at time of death.
She performed as Rafiki in The Lion King, as an understudy for the leading actress.
Born on May 5, 1975, 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.
Hicks 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.
In 2013, she appeared on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ album Mosquito, performing as part of Broadway Inspirational Voices on the first single “Sacrilege”.
