CHICAGOCHICAGO — Albertina Walker’s singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the “Queen of Gospel.” At home in Chicago, she babied her beloved French ...

Albertina Walker, a gospel singer with a lush contralto voice whose group, the Caravans, recorded a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s and nourished the careers of such greats as the Rev. James ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Heavy hearts were lifted Friday with a celebration in memory of the Queen of Gospel, Albertina Walker. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot takes us inside the moving ceremony. Family, friends ...

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Along with stacks of awards and presidential citations, what is most striking about Albertina Walker’s apartment is the abundance of white. The furniture and piano in the gospel legend’s Hyde Park ...

Gospel legend Albertina Walker died today at the age of 81, reports the Associated Press. Known as the “Queen of Gospel,” Walker died of respiratory failure at RML Specialty Hospital after a battle ...

Albertina Walker was a Grammy award-winning singer whose career spanned six decades. Gospel music filled a South Side church for several hours as those who knew and loved Walker paid their final ...

CHICAGO – Grammy Award-winning singer Albertina Walker, who was known as the “Queen of Gospel,” has died at age 81. Walker’s granddaughter, Tina Nance, said the gospel star died Friday morning of ...

CHICAGO (CBS/AP) Grammy-winning singer Albertina Walker, who was known as the "Queen of Gospel," has died at age 81. Close friend and WVON radio host Pam Morris says Walker died Friday morning of ...

Legendary gospel singer Albertina Walker died today at the age of 81. According to newsone.com,Walker had been battling emphysema, and died Friday morning in a Chicago hospital, where she had been ...

Albertina Walker’s singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the “Queen of Gospel.” At home in Chicago, she babied her beloved French poodles, wore ...