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R.I.P. Edwin Hawkins 1943-2018

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Edwin Hawkins, the gospel great who brought the genre to the masses with the 1969 hit “Oh Happy Day”, has died at the age of 74. According to reports, he had been ill for some time.

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