Marvin, 59, died of a heart attack October 19, 1995, in Hamilton, Montana. He was born March 18, 1936, in Hamilton. Marvin graduated from Hamilton H.S. in 1954 where he played football. He attended the University of Montana and Western Montana College.

Marvin jumped the 1959 season at Missoula and then started working for on a road crew and then working heavy highway construction. He worked on the Alaska pipeline during its construction.