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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...