American gospel singer Walter Hawkins died Sunday July 11, at the age of 61. Walter Hawkins was born in Oakland California and attended the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Grammy Award winning gospel singer and pastor from Oakland. His brother Edwin Hawkins said, Walter died at his home in Ripon, California after suffering from pancreatic cancer and Edwin added "Today, I lost mу brother, mу pastor, аnd mу best friend".
