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 ...

Similarly, singer and pastor Donnie McClurkin encouraged fans to pray for Walker’s family and wrote, “Another gospel icon has gone! Sis Albertina Walker died 2day!

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A relative and a family friend of the late gospel singer Albertina Walker were arrested after an altercation before a Chicago tribute concert, police said. Gerald Walker ...

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Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper (NNPA)Often dubbed the “Queen of Gospel,” vocalist Albertina Walker spent six decades inspiring future gospel artists and inspiring legions ...

Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Albertina Walker Michelle and I are saddened by the passing of gospel great Albertina Walker. Ms. Walker was known for her Grammy […] ...

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 ...

Tell Me More remembers Grammy-winning singer Albertina Walker, the so-called "Queen of Gospel," who died Friday at age 81. Walker formed her own gospel group, the Caravans, as a young woman and ...

Gospel Legend Albertina Walker Dies October 8, 2010 / 1:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Dr. Albertina Walker, who was known as the "Queen of Gospel," has died at age 81.

Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel” who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the ...

When Chicago gospel singer Albertina Walker sang in church, you believed the stained glass windows surely would shatter. Yet it wasn’t just Walker’s enormous contralto that made her the ...