Donny Hathaway
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, February 1979
THE TRAGIC news of the death in mid-January of Donny Hathaway no doubt shocked the gifted singer-songwriter's many admirers across the world and it was with deep regret that Blues & Soul received the news less than twelve hours after the event occurred at the Essex House hotel in midtown Manhattan.
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