RIPON, Calif.—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 ...
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 ...