Walter Hawkins, the award-winning gospel singer and composer known for his exhilarating live performances and as pastor of Oakland's Love Center Church, died Sunday at his home in Ripon (San Joaquin ...

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 ...

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” ...

If you attend a funeral — especially for a black person — there’s a good chance that someone will perform “Goin’ Up Yonder.” With its hopeful lyrics and soulful melody, “Goin Up Yonder” is the ...

The culminating event illuminates the Concert Hall stage Saturday evening when the National Symphony Orchestra, gospel legend Walter Hawkins and the Washington Performing Arts Society Men and Women of ...

Droves of people gathered at the Paramount Theater in Oakland on July 27 to pay their respects to fallen gospel legend Walter Hawkins. The televised funeral service featured a variety of performances ...

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” ...

After a battle with pancreatic cancer, famed gospel singer and leading faith figure Bishop Walter L. Hawkins died at 61, according to BET.com. Hawkins’ career spanned more than 30 years and he ...