![]() (Excerpted from the 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton’s Little John?: Music’s Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, published by Three Rivers Press, written by Gavin Edwards. Since he had been tossed out of other hotels for the same habit, it seems possible that it was a repeat of that dangerous behavior that led to his untimely plummet. Donny is buried at Lake Charles Park Cemetery in St. His death was ruled a suicide, he was 33. Furthermore, he was in the habit of leaning out the window of his 17 th-floor apartment in Chicago, preaching and singing to passersby on the street below. Donny Hathaway gained fame for his duet with Roberta Flack on Where is the Love He died on Januwhen he fell out of the 15th floor of the Essex Hotel. His 1970 debut album was Everything Is Everything. American musician who was recognized for his soul music and gained fame for his song Where is the Love. He was best known for being a Soul Singer. ![]() Jesse Jackson delivered the eulogy at Hathaway’s funeral and noting that Hathaway had been dressed for the New York winter in a coat, and scarf, contended that no one gets bundled up “just to jump out of a window.” Further evidence suggesting the fall was accidental: Hathaway had been cheerful earlier the same day, while in the studio with Flack. Donny Hathaway was born on the 1st of October, 1945. ![]() There was no note, meaning nobody will ever know for sure what thoughts were going through Hathaway’s head, but he had been hospitalized for depression the coroner ruled his death a suicide. 15, 1979, The New York Times headline read: 'Donny Hathaway, 33, Pop and Blues Singer, Dead in Hotel Plunge,' followed by a report that the Grammy winner had committed suicide after dinner. Tragically, on January 13, 1979, Hathaway fell to his death from the fifteenth floor of the Essex House Hotel. ![]() Hathaway was a soul singer/songwriter best known for his duets with Roberta Flack their hit cover of James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend” led them to do two whole albums together. ![]()
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