Grammy-Award Winner Edwin Hawkins, Known for the Hit ‘Oh Happy Day,’ Dies at 74

Edwin Hawkins Singers. National Archive/Wikimedia Commons

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning singer best known for crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” has died on Jan. 15 at his home in the Bay area at age 74.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his publicist, Bill Carpenter, reported The New York Times.