<sod>'''Donny Edward Hathaway''' (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) 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 (Donny Hathaway song)|The Ghetto, Part I]]" in early 1970, ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."<ref>''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]''. March 8, 1979, p.&nbsp;17.</ref> 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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}} On January 13, 1979, Hathaway's body was found outside the luxury hotel [[Jumeirah Essex House|Essex House]] in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.<eod>
<sod>'''Donny Edward Hathaway''' (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul and gospel musician. Hathaway signed with [[Atlantic Records]] in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "[[The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway song)|The Ghetto]]" in early 1970, ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."<ref>''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]''. March 8, 1979, p.&nbsp;17.</ref> His enduring songs include "The Ghetto", "[[This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)|This Christmas]]", "[[Someday We'll All Be Free]]", "Little Ghetto Boy", "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", signature versions of "[[A Song for You]]" and "[[For All We Know (1934 song)|For All We Know]]", and "[[Where Is the Love]]" and "[[The Closer I Get to You]]", two of many collaborations with [[Roberta Flack]]. "Where Is the Love" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] 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.<ref name=unsung>Interview. ''UnSung'', Episode 104, [[TV One (US TV network)|TV One]]</ref> On January 13, 1979, Hathaway's body was found outside the luxury hotel [[Jumeirah Essex House|Essex House]] in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.<eod>