Doreen McCallister, npr.com
Grammy Award-winning singer Edwin Hawkins died on Monday at his home in Pleasanton, Calif.
His publicist Bill Carpenter told news organizations that the cause was pancreatic cancer. Hawkins was 74.
A native of Oakland, Hawkins had been performing with his family and in church groups since he was a boy.
Read more at https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/16/578235211/gospel-star-edwin-hawkins-known-for-oh-happy-day-dies-at-74
