Obituary: Walter Hawkins

Walter Hawkins, a veteran of forty years in the Gospel Music industry died on Sunday, 18 July, 2010, in Ripon, California. He was a pastor, singer, songwriter, and Gospel Music producer. He was a member of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, famed for their recording of Oh Happy Day, an eighteenth century hymn. Hawkin's signature song was Goin' Up Yonder (1975). He was nominated for nine Grammys with a 1980 win for the compilation The Lord's Prayer.