The American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger Donny Edward Hathaway is whom Rolling Stone described as a “soul legend”.
His most popular songs include “The Ghetto”, “This Christmas”, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”, and “Little Ghetto Boy”.
Hathaway jumped to his death from the balcony of his 15th-floor room at New York’s Essex House hotel on January 13, 1979. He was 33 at the time of his death. Despite being ruled a suicide by the coroner, many of his family and friends believe it might have just been an accident.
Hathaway was a great singer who had serious battles with his health and mental state. During his career, Hathaway began experiencing severe bouts of depression and exhibiting unusual behavior and in 1971, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for which he was prescribed various medications.
Is Donny Hathaway an Alpha?
Yes, because it is quite interesting many are not aware that Donny Edward Hathaway was a full-time member of Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The oldest historically African American intercollegiate fraternity is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The fraternity was set up on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University, New York, United States per the records.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
