Donny Hathaway
Rhythm and blues, Musical Artist
1945 – 1979
Who was Donny Hathaway?
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American jazz, blues, soul, and gospel vocalist and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music." His collaborations with Roberta Flack scored high on the charts and won him the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the duet, "Where Is the Love" in 1973. At the height of his career Hathaway was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was known to not take his prescribed medication regularly enough to properly control his symptoms. On January 13, 1979, Hathaway's body was found outside the luxury hotel Essex House in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.
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- Born
- Oct 1, 1945
Chicago - Also known as
- Danny Hathaway
- donny_hathaway
- Hathaway, Donny
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Howard University
- Vashon High School
- Lived in
- St. Louis
- Died
- Jan 13, 1979
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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