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” ...

OAKLAND — More than 2,000 people lined the streets around the Paramount Theatre Friday morning for free tickets to a musical tribute and a funeral for Grammy Award-winning artist Walter Hawkins. Many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, Calif., died Sunday. He was 61. At the time of his death, Hawkins was planning a new CD concert recording for ...

RIPON, California (AP) — 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 ...