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FILE - In this June 17, 2008 file photo, gospel singer Edwin Hawkins performs during an event celebrating Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died early Monday at age 74. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)
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FILE - In this June 10, 2014 file photo, Edwin Hawkins appears at the Apollo Theater Spring Gala and 80th Anniversary Celebration in New York. Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day,” died Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at his home in Pleasanton, Calif., at age 74. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)
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Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for 'Oh Happy Day,' dies
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