Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning singer, preacher and composer whose popular recordings and performances made him one of contemporary gospel music's most prominent figures, died Sunday of ...
OAKLAND — Oakland native Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, was still a divinity student when he recorded his first record. By the time the tenor had his first hit — “Oh Happy Day” ...
RIPON, Calif. (CBS/AP) Walter Hawkins, a Grammy award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 61. Hawkins passed away at his home ...