Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. He was 61. Hawkins, who was battling pancreatic cancer, passed away at his home in Ripon, Calif., ...

Gospel giant Walter Hawkins has passed away. Hawkins, who had planned to release his CD in the fall, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He is best known for his seminal album Love Alive III and ...

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Walter Hawkins died at his home in Ripon over the weekend ... after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Hawkins was a pastor, but was best known as part of "The Edwin Hawkins Singers" ... a gospel ...

Walter Eugene “Gene” Hawkins aka “Daddy Gene” W.E. Gene Hawkins was born in Atlanta Georgia on Christmas Day in 1923. He was the sixth child of his parents, Harwell Parks Hawkins and Nora Lula Johnson ...

“Everybody has sung something written by Bishop Hawkins,” Bishop Wyatt I. Greenlee said about gospel icon Walter Hawkins, who passed away on Sunday. “Even if they didn’t know it was him.” Hawkins, ...

It was a who's who of the gospel world gathered at the Paramount Theater to pay final respects to Grammy Award winner Bishop Walter Hawkins. The Oakland native passed away last week at age 61, after a ...

“Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America” permeated the Kennedy Center throughout the week as choirs, Grammy Award-winning soloists, soul singers, brass bands and gospel step teams displayed their ...