In reference to a previous comment, Yes! Tell the truth! Donny Hathaway was 'targeted". This was something that was DONE to him. Was he a threat? Was it feared that he would use, or continue to use his music to enlighten and empower? Would he have gone on to become powerful in other ways? He TOLD YOU..."They" (illuminati) were trying to kill him...that they were getting into his mind to take his music and his sound! Now why would they want to do that??? Wake Up! "They" surely did this.
@TempeSoldier123 "Ever heard of Marvin Gaye Sam Cooke?" - Yes I have and they too are my musical idols, as is Curtis Mayfield. But none of those artists had the unique ability of being a virtuoso vocalist AND a virtuoso musician. Donny couldn't be touched vocally NOR could he be touched by anyone for his piano playing prowess.You seldom see the confluence of those two entities in a musician end of story.
Since this episode aired in late 2008, it keeps me in great memories and how much I appreciate the spirit, the legacy and the movement of the great Donny Hathaway. Mental Illness is very serious and treated in the health community as Cancer, AIDS, Diabetes, etc. Back then it wasn't alot of support groups, interventions or suicide preventions at the time, but 2day we do have those now available. Let's hope and pray we continue to fight Stigma and raise awareness w/ Mental Illness all across.
The last part on this documentary had me in shock and put me in tears when Donny committed suicide at 33 years of age. Who would've thought something this tragically and sad could do something to himself. Had he lived long enough he would've grew and exploded by now. He was on the verge of a comeback and just getting ready to roll. To this day I considered this one of the truest episodes of unsung ever. As with Bird and Marvin Gaye, they all various dualities in 'em.
Thanks so much for this. I missed the episode on TV1 and have a renewed interest in Donny Hathaway. I was unaware of his mental illness but quite inspired by his life.
I find it interesting these music folks can't accept that Donny on his own movement fell out the window.....period. Don't romanticize the truth. He was a very sick individual living in a time period that didn't know how to take care of the mentally ill. If these people (musicians) were going to work with him they should have had a 24 hour chaperone (s) for him. I am sure all these people were well intended but his health should have came first when they saw signs of mental illness.
He is/was of my all-time favorite. His live album is to die for. The issue of mental illness is very real. Many geniuses suffer from some sort of affliction. I witnessed it in my own family. My late maternal aunt had to be a genius because EVERYTHING came easy to her, from the time she was a child. Languages, math, science, singing, dance, you name it. But, from her teen years, to her death, she always had to anesthetize herself with drugs and alcohol, which to her early demise. RIP.
God bless, Wonder and Gate, I adore them, but Donny cornered the market on raw, black soul, took the 'stain' on it, and made it as chic as classical music. Genius.
When you see, someone acting crazy because of a mental illness or you know they have some sickness. You don't leave them alone...Wish they had got the doctors/hospitals to take him in if they could, that night. Well we can all learn from this tragic situation.
We need to start listening to the cries of those they deem to be mental. These are generally really smart people and whatever is haunting their minds are relicks of things that are actually happening or have happened to them. Take there statements seriously. Could it be possible that someone was trying to kill him? Funny how if you are smart, a leader, or rebel you don't last in the industry.
My parents played Donny's music from the time I was small, I will never forget hearing of his passing, my brother & I had just peformed The closer I get to you in a high school talent show. Donny was an extraordinary musical genius.
All I kept wondering is where is Roberta Flack? This was a beautiful story and a very clean story, but there are some things very much missing. I do not say this to demean his life, but I do say this to say that the most powerful vocalists are often the most traumatized in one way or another. And I am simply in love with his music and this person, Donny Hathaway!
I am a little disapointed that no mention of the song "young gifted and black" was mentioned. Donny brilliantly sang this song to help uplift the black community in the sixties and seventies.
"He sat in the window. Closed his eyes...and leaned back." That's deep.
Too think of all the torment behind that brilliance, breaks my heart. It's a tragedy but I'm glad the world had him as long it did. I'm happy to know that I'll be able to share Donny's talent with my children. His legend does live on.
parnoid schizoprenics are suicidal, it's crazy b/c they didnt knw how to control it. not only that, people really didnt know about the problem or how to deal with it well. his music is very haunting and touching at he same time
parnoid schizoprenics are suicidal, it's crazy b/c they didnt knw how to control it. not only that, people really didnt know about the problem or how to deal with it well. his music is very hunting and touching at he same time
i beleive it was an accident, yes they did not want to pay insurance...he just stated, he wanted to live to be 80 years old... give me a break....whitewashed,hoodwink & bamboseled lied to ! n we were cheated ... i really love him, as he has affeted my life trmendously!
The song being played :50 - 3:00 is called "Giving Up is Hard To Do" and was performed by one of the actresses in the movie "Sparkle." And the late, Aaliyah did a demo of it, because a remake of "Sparkle" was going into production before she died.
He was such a masterful artist in the truest sense. "Musicians" these days should pay attention to his dedication to his craft. There are very few true musicians today. One of them, for sure, is Lalah Hathaway, who has such a beautiful incredible voice and creative voice, and honors her father greatly. In fact, all 3 of his daughters are incredible.
Thank you so much for sharing, DeenasWorld. This has given me greater insight on this beautiful legend, Donny Hathaway. God bless his soul, and may He continue to bless his family.
Knowing what I know about the music industry, I think that Donny was killed. I feel like the record execs wanted total control over his talent and gave him something either thru drink or injection which started working on his brain. There is no way he would mention the two guys trying to kill him and lets not forget, his music was raising consciousness to another level, something that record companies say they promote but they don't. His story reminds me a lot of what happened to Hendrix.
@ethurst2 it was a suicide. remember that Roberta Flack was in the room with him when he jumped and she confirmed it. he was having an affair with her
Thank you for posting this. Damn! 34 years old. Too young to die. What a tragic loss to music & the world. This was moving, enlightening & sad at the same time.
And the public's awareness and acceptance of mental illness is shameful. People, educate yourselves--the brain can get "sick" just as any other organ in our bodies. Working in the insurance industry opened my eyes to the discrimination the mentally ill face. The limits placed on what they would pay for mental illness was a disgrace, which should chabge this year because of the passage of the mental health disparity act. Mental illness is real and those suffering from it--my heart goes out to u
@racourdav yea of course its real...real as any other illness...but its the one we know the least about...that is why its so hard to determine...and since there are no physical disability, people may, without knowledge, take it as faking it...i dont blame the public, mental illness is just a tragedy, but it will take time, like any other problems mankind has faced, for us to understand what this is all about, but just from some research i did on donny hathaway, mental illness is the scariest...
Thanks for posting this. For the longest time I never knew what he suffered from. Hearing his wife say that he was Szhicophrenic puts his death in perspective for me. I've worked in homes where people suffering from this disorder reside--and trust me, it's a harrowing thing to see. The medications have to be taken in order for them to function. Most, if not all, hate the meds-some are on meds so heavy that they can't speak..this illness truly robs people of normalcy.
I always wanted to hear the story told by those who knew, this has answered many things with revelation that the good may suffer but the best although they may suffer heavily for their talents, live on in this world of distraction and mediocrity as a testament to their own so powerful yet fragile immoratality.
I can't even begin to tell you how much DH means to me! His voice, his sound, his SOUL that has touched me like very few others have. I FEEL his pain, his joy, his melancholy, everything with this man! Oh man, such a tragedy and I would have loved to have been able to have seen him live.. What a blessing he was to the world of music and he is missed! DH, RIP and be among the musical angels with Luther, Marvin, JB, Barry, Sam, Otis..
thank you for posting this series! I was young when donny died, but i still loved hiis voice and music. some of the best lyrics and music ever written!
@PhuckHue2 It's hard for everyone to accept, throughout the documentary they keeps saying he would go off his meds when he felt better. His second wife said, when he was on his meds he was fine. So the medicine of the day helped him but I'm sure Donny hadn't accepted his own illness and didn't want to be sick or see himself as being one that needed help. I discovered Donny Hathaway's music long after his death but it still hurts to hear of his death, what a genius.
Awesome documentary. Very distrubing and sad at the same time. I was very moved towards the end. Donny Hathaway was a talented genuis that cannot be replaced,. He has very lovely talented daughters too. RIP!
it's so sad that mental illness is something that is still not something we still don't have as out there as it should be and it takes wonderful gifted people.
A touching piece. His death still resonates to this day as one of the great tragedies in American music. I have never been affected by any other artists' music to the extent that Donny's music has touched and influenced me. With all due respect to the greats that preceded & followed him, as well as his contemporaries, it is my opinion that no other artist makes the listener feel raw emotion as strongly as Donny was able. His music is essential to experiencing what it means to be human. Gd Bless
Too bad they tried to keep Donny's illness under wraps when they should've just come out with a campaign to deal with it head-on. Nothing more tragic than seeing a genius' life cut short like that under those circumstances. At least his musical legacy continues to live on though. He truly was ahead of his time...
Thank you so very much for posting the UnSung: Donnie Hathaway -- I loved this program on TV and now it is on YT as well.
Thank you for raising the profile of one of greatest and best male vocalist ever to live and sing. Thank you for sharing his wonderful voice with the masses.
R.I.P. Donny Hathaway Your music will live on FOREVERRRR!!! This just brings me back to the day that Michael Jackson died. So many talented people are leaving us! smh
For some reason I feel like this epidsode didn't say much to me about Donny Hathaway. All of the people being interviewed pretty much said the same thing over and over. I wish Roberta Flack gave her take on her experience with Donny in the studio and more importantly outside of the studio.
What wonderful talent... I love all the divine musical synergy he & Roberta produced. I cried.. I too, don't believe what they're telling us about his untimely demise--no more than I believe what they told us about the demise of Malcolm, Martin, & JFK. Mass deception...Smoke & Mirrors.
it's a shame that whoever has talent whether you be a speaker, singer, actor etc etc. - a person that really stands out from the crowd that changes a scene - why do they have to die so young? Donny was a talented person who had a voice that you can feel, almost like he was singing directly to you. After my brother told me about the program I had to see this.....Thanks for the great post Deena!
1:21 Ric Powell says the truth ... his songs had allusions to suicide ... even singing a Gary McFarlane song ... "I hear voices, I see people" ~ what does that mean! ... lots of other lines in songs point to this ...
I had missed the entire Unsung on Mr Hathaway, Im a great fan and fellow musician that also suffer from some of the same demons as Donny did. Folks should`nt worry so much about how a person dies,but celebrate them while their still around. Im 34 years old now and have so much music written and recorded of my own.but still celebrate Donny every time I step on stage,studio,sit down to write.... Thanks so much for posting. May God Bless You.
It's an epic tragedy that Donny Hathaway's life was cut short at the quite young age of 34. Its such a shame he was plagued by a mental illness that today can be controlled and afford those a normal existence........ I love his music, remember hearing "This Christmas" in the 70's when I just 4yrs old. I love Lalah Hathaway music and I hope he is smiling down on his family, friends and fans. Great tribute, I love Unsung.
You don't know how much I appreciate you putting up this programme. Donny was the greatest musical artist of all time in my opinion, and with so little footage or written works about his life available this was fantastic to watch. A real tragedy he's gone but he'll never ever be forgotten.
Deena, THANK YOU for posting the 5 parts of Donny Hathaway's tribute. After watching, I'm wondering if Donny's 3rd Daughter is accepted by Lalah & Kenya. I hope that they have some kind of relationship.
I wondered the same thing. I am a part of a mixed family like that and I am the child of my father and my mother. My father's other children never really took to me but now that we are adults I think we are trying to bridge that gap. However my sister (mother's daughter) and I are very close and always have been.
it's about time donny had a tribute. he was everything that they said about him and so much more. he is my most favorite male vocalist of all time. and yes donny, someday we'll all be free.
I think Roberta is still upset about his death plus she with the other musicians at that recording session were the last to see him. It still hurts her to this day.
Deenasworld, thank you so much for putting this on Youtube. I can't get TVOne in my area and I've been desperately wanting to see the Unsung on Donny, my favorite Soul Singer of all time.
what mad him kill himself?
kimloveshim911 2 days ago
I love this narrator's voice. So wonderful.
Poor Donny. RIP, my brother.
humbl3fact 2 weeks ago
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In reference to a previous comment, Yes! Tell the truth! Donny Hathaway was 'targeted". This was something that was DONE to him. Was he a threat? Was it feared that he would use, or continue to use his music to enlighten and empower? Would he have gone on to become powerful in other ways? He TOLD YOU..."They" (illuminati) were trying to kill him...that they were getting into his mind to take his music and his sound! Now why would they want to do that??? Wake Up! "They" surely did this.
Njai97 3 weeks ago
Donny Hathaway was the greatest vocalist/musician to walk the face of the earth period.
ezekielthemack 3 weeks ago
@ezekielthemack Ever heard of Marvin Gaye? Sam Cooke?
TempeSoldier123 3 weeks ago
@TempeSoldier123 "Ever heard of Marvin Gaye Sam Cooke?" - Yes I have and they too are my musical idols, as is Curtis Mayfield. But none of those artists had the unique ability of being a virtuoso vocalist AND a virtuoso musician. Donny couldn't be touched vocally NOR could he be touched by anyone for his piano playing prowess.You seldom see the confluence of those two entities in a musician end of story.
ezekielthemack 3 weeks ago
Thinking back the day Donny died may me realize of Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and others we lost tragically and too soon.
imthebrother 3 weeks ago
Since this episode aired in late 2008, it keeps me in great memories and how much I appreciate the spirit, the legacy and the movement of the great Donny Hathaway. Mental Illness is very serious and treated in the health community as Cancer, AIDS, Diabetes, etc. Back then it wasn't alot of support groups, interventions or suicide preventions at the time, but 2day we do have those now available. Let's hope and pray we continue to fight Stigma and raise awareness w/ Mental Illness all across.
imthebrother 1 month ago
The last part on this documentary had me in shock and put me in tears when Donny committed suicide at 33 years of age. Who would've thought something this tragically and sad could do something to himself. Had he lived long enough he would've grew and exploded by now. He was on the verge of a comeback and just getting ready to roll. To this day I considered this one of the truest episodes of unsung ever. As with Bird and Marvin Gaye, they all various dualities in 'em.
imthebrother 1 month ago
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Njai97 1 month ago
this was one of the best unsung i seen on here, thank u for posting this, i learned a lot about donny i didn't know at first!
luvmesomeolskool313 2 months ago
Thanks so much for this. I missed the episode on TV1 and have a renewed interest in Donny Hathaway. I was unaware of his mental illness but quite inspired by his life.
trunuyorker7 2 months ago
Donny's voice is ONE OF A KIND, no one could ever come close to this Man. I still play his music at least once a week......
sherylj1966 2 months ago
I find it interesting these music folks can't accept that Donny on his own movement fell out the window.....period. Don't romanticize the truth. He was a very sick individual living in a time period that didn't know how to take care of the mentally ill. If these people (musicians) were going to work with him they should have had a 24 hour chaperone (s) for him. I am sure all these people were well intended but his health should have came first when they saw signs of mental illness.
chrystalSexydiabetic 3 months ago
He was 33! RIP musical genius..
emmaga11 4 months ago
He is/was of my all-time favorite. His live album is to die for. The issue of mental illness is very real. Many geniuses suffer from some sort of affliction. I witnessed it in my own family. My late maternal aunt had to be a genius because EVERYTHING came easy to her, from the time she was a child. Languages, math, science, singing, dance, you name it. But, from her teen years, to her death, she always had to anesthetize herself with drugs and alcohol, which to her early demise. RIP.
shag112002 4 months ago
Told you that suicide is bad.
princesssamaria2 5 months ago
God bless, Wonder and Gate, I adore them, but Donny cornered the market on raw, black soul, took the 'stain' on it, and made it as chic as classical music. Genius.
MisterCrazyLegs 5 months ago
This is one story that could be told on screen and you would still learn something new
Thedanner1000 6 months ago
tears just sprang out of my eyes...i never new this!!!!
audemba 6 months ago
Black people are so easy deceived,why do all the artist say the same thing,
they are trying to kill me,wake the fuck up!!!
Fuck TV ONE stop being cowards and tell the real story!!!
Bangga1000 6 months ago
When you see, someone acting crazy because of a mental illness or you know they have some sickness. You don't leave them alone...Wish they had got the doctors/hospitals to take him in if they could, that night. Well we can all learn from this tragic situation.
17Benz1 7 months ago
WHERE IN THE HECK WAS ROBERTA FLACK?!?!?!?!?!?!
caramelcutie739 7 months ago
did anyone know Donny song the theme song for "Maude"
keonta81 7 months ago
@keonta81
Yes! Found that out about 10 years ago.
MsPrincessaj 4 months ago
We need to start listening to the cries of those they deem to be mental. These are generally really smart people and whatever is haunting their minds are relicks of things that are actually happening or have happened to them. Take there statements seriously. Could it be possible that someone was trying to kill him? Funny how if you are smart, a leader, or rebel you don't last in the industry.
NothingButLove4u09 8 months ago 3
The most talented leave us tragically.. Long live Donny Hathaway and Phyllis Hyman..
Redro1982 8 months ago 2
Nas the rapper did a song about this story......On his HIPHOP is dead album
shesodior 8 months ago
@shesodior Blunt Ashes by Nas from the CD Hip Hop is Dead, everyone should listen to this song and find some real in depth 2 it.
imthebrother 1 month ago
i feel he been kill
simonsez0800 8 months ago
His wife is an amazingly intelligent and strong woman.
shestudios 9 months ago 2
@shestudios I agree.
timmy841212 8 months ago
That poor man. It must be unbelievably terrifying to feel the way he did.
FaerieCrone 9 months ago
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nogerdsurg 11 months ago
go donnie his music is better than the ttrailor trash out there now
MRSBANKS2 1 year ago
lalah and kenya look so much like him
roscoegino 1 year ago
@roscoegino Donita looks JUST like him.
gittahfiend 11 months ago
lalah looks so much like him
roscoegino 1 year ago
actually, Hathaway was 33 when he died, not 34 as the documentary says
NotStevieWonder 1 year ago 3
Please,subtitles for the Portuguese!
meialuadj 1 year ago
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This was a great story!
marldana 1 year ago
Thanks Denna for posting this and Thank you tv1 for showcasing blacks in a respectable and overdue light.
This is the kind of information that we should be sharing and learning all along!
kalina35 1 year ago 2
My parents played Donny's music from the time I was small, I will never forget hearing of his passing, my brother & I had just peformed The closer I get to you in a high school talent show. Donny was an extraordinary musical genius.
mzvoice14 1 year ago 2
thank you deena im a big fan im very thankful for you puting this on youtube
yayhefner 1 year ago
Did y'all notice the book laying beside his hand? It was titled "suicide". Eerie stuff!
timmy841212 1 year ago
All I kept wondering is where is Roberta Flack? This was a beautiful story and a very clean story, but there are some things very much missing. I do not say this to demean his life, but I do say this to say that the most powerful vocalists are often the most traumatized in one way or another. And I am simply in love with his music and this person, Donny Hathaway!
orpheusblack67 1 year ago 2
Thank very much Deenasworld for this video.
ladydesey 1 year ago
donny you're still here ! for me your the master from Soul Music..FOREVER. RIP Donny
nourdinefunkever 1 year ago
I am a little disapointed that no mention of the song "young gifted and black" was mentioned. Donny brilliantly sang this song to help uplift the black community in the sixties and seventies.
determination9995757 1 year ago 4
"He sat in the window. Closed his eyes...and leaned back." That's deep.
Too think of all the torment behind that brilliance, breaks my heart. It's a tragedy but I'm glad the world had him as long it did. I'm happy to know that I'll be able to share Donny's talent with my children. His legend does live on.
Thanks for uploading.
GatorGirl04 1 year ago 3
I eel like this they knew he was tlking crazy why did they leave him alone by his self!
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parnoid schizoprenics are suicidal, it's crazy b/c they didnt knw how to control it. not only that, people really didnt know about the problem or how to deal with it well. his music is very haunting and touching at he same time
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
parnoid schizoprenics are suicidal, it's crazy b/c they didnt knw how to control it. not only that, people really didnt know about the problem or how to deal with it well. his music is very hunting and touching at he same time
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
Great Job, thank you. What an amazing man.
ptrco5 1 year ago
i beleive it was an accident, yes they did not want to pay insurance...he just stated, he wanted to live to be 80 years old... give me a break....whitewashed,hoodwink & bamboseled lied to ! n we were cheated ... i really love him, as he has affeted my life trmendously!
cottonpx 1 year ago
what an interesting story, WOW...i never knew this.
tnwilson4 1 year ago 20
The song being played :50 - 3:00 is called "Giving Up is Hard To Do" and was performed by one of the actresses in the movie "Sparkle." And the late, Aaliyah did a demo of it, because a remake of "Sparkle" was going into production before she died.
lupelupelupe 1 year ago 4
thank you so much for posting this!!!!
actressnoir 1 year ago
He was such a masterful artist in the truest sense. "Musicians" these days should pay attention to his dedication to his craft. There are very few true musicians today. One of them, for sure, is Lalah Hathaway, who has such a beautiful incredible voice and creative voice, and honors her father greatly. In fact, all 3 of his daughters are incredible.
arniej 1 year ago 4
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Thank you so much for sharing, DeenasWorld. This has given me greater insight on this beautiful legend, Donny Hathaway. God bless his soul, and may He continue to bless his family.
-- "Candace"
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1CandyGirl 1 year ago
Thank you sooooo much Deenasworld! This is a story everyone should see as Donny is so underestimated. Brilliant talent!
maicadk 1 year ago 2
Knowing what I know about the music industry, I think that Donny was killed. I feel like the record execs wanted total control over his talent and gave him something either thru drink or injection which started working on his brain. There is no way he would mention the two guys trying to kill him and lets not forget, his music was raising consciousness to another level, something that record companies say they promote but they don't. His story reminds me a lot of what happened to Hendrix.
ethurst2 1 year ago
@ethurst2 it was a suicide. remember that Roberta Flack was in the room with him when he jumped and she confirmed it. he was having an affair with her
PhuckHue2 1 year ago
@PhuckHue2 If Roberta was in the room with him I wonder why she couldn't have talked him out of it? Interesting...
MrSexxxy20 1 year ago
@ethurst2 That's makes a lot of since to. I can see that theory happening
MrSexxxy20 1 year ago
thank you so much for the series. I no longer have cable and miss Unsung. I hope the show is still going strong, so many stories need to be told.
arlenerogerswilhite 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. Damn! 34 years old. Too young to die. What a tragic loss to music & the world. This was moving, enlightening & sad at the same time.
am2452 1 year ago 2
And the public's awareness and acceptance of mental illness is shameful. People, educate yourselves--the brain can get "sick" just as any other organ in our bodies. Working in the insurance industry opened my eyes to the discrimination the mentally ill face. The limits placed on what they would pay for mental illness was a disgrace, which should chabge this year because of the passage of the mental health disparity act. Mental illness is real and those suffering from it--my heart goes out to u
racourdav 1 year ago 14
@racourdav yea of course its real...real as any other illness...but its the one we know the least about...that is why its so hard to determine...and since there are no physical disability, people may, without knowledge, take it as faking it...i dont blame the public, mental illness is just a tragedy, but it will take time, like any other problems mankind has faced, for us to understand what this is all about, but just from some research i did on donny hathaway, mental illness is the scariest...
retrotw 3 months ago
Poor Donnie!!
Thanks for posting this. For the longest time I never knew what he suffered from. Hearing his wife say that he was Szhicophrenic puts his death in perspective for me. I've worked in homes where people suffering from this disorder reside--and trust me, it's a harrowing thing to see. The medications have to be taken in order for them to function. Most, if not all, hate the meds-some are on meds so heavy that they can't speak..this illness truly robs people of normalcy.
racourdav 1 year ago 6
Thank you for posting!
hnesie 1 year ago
I always wanted to hear the story told by those who knew, this has answered many things with revelation that the good may suffer but the best although they may suffer heavily for their talents, live on in this world of distraction and mediocrity as a testament to their own so powerful yet fragile immoratality.
psyne000 2 years ago 3
who is that person at 4:09?
hungurr 2 years ago
@hungurr Roberta Flack
aknowneemus 2 years ago
@hungurr Looks like it may have been Roberta Flack
manb4war 1 year ago
Thank you for posting!
1995RangeRover 2 years ago
Thank you soooo much for posting this !!!
Mariodupree 2 years ago
DeenasWorld... thank you...
kapajo 2 years ago
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wendyluvselliott 2 years ago
That was Common
alicenaudio 2 years ago
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wendyluvselliott 2 years ago
Somebody answer me, why I got -5 poor comments. I'm confused
alicenaudio 2 years ago
LMAO! No it's not, it's Common the rapper/actor!
crealonthebass 2 years ago
I can't even begin to tell you how much DH means to me! His voice, his sound, his SOUL that has touched me like very few others have. I FEEL his pain, his joy, his melancholy, everything with this man! Oh man, such a tragedy and I would have loved to have been able to have seen him live.. What a blessing he was to the world of music and he is missed! DH, RIP and be among the musical angels with Luther, Marvin, JB, Barry, Sam, Otis..
TangelineMadness 2 years ago 2
@TangelineMadness Well said.
MissKi85 1 year ago
All three of Donny's daughters are beautiful. :)
timmy841212 2 years ago 30
@timmy841212 Not as beautiful as Donny's music was
NotStevieWonder 1 year ago
@timmy841212 xcept the one bastard thats a darkie....ewwww.
dopemcee 8 months ago
thank u Deen for posting...nuff respect
shabbatooth 2 years ago 3
thank you for posting this series! I was young when donny died, but i still loved hiis voice and music. some of the best lyrics and music ever written!
ColtraneAndRain 2 years ago
back in the 70's they didn't have the medication that they have now. the medication back then turned paranoid schizophrenics into a zombie
PhuckHue2 2 years ago 2
@PhuckHue2 It's hard for everyone to accept, throughout the documentary they keeps saying he would go off his meds when he felt better. His second wife said, when he was on his meds he was fine. So the medicine of the day helped him but I'm sure Donny hadn't accepted his own illness and didn't want to be sick or see himself as being one that needed help. I discovered Donny Hathaway's music long after his death but it still hurts to hear of his death, what a genius.
manb4war 1 year ago
Awesome documentary. Very distrubing and sad at the same time. I was very moved towards the end. Donny Hathaway was a talented genuis that cannot be replaced,. He has very lovely talented daughters too. RIP!
geneofisis 2 years ago
it's so sad that mental illness is something that is still not something we still don't have as out there as it should be and it takes wonderful gifted people.
Treemah 2 years ago 2
A touching piece. His death still resonates to this day as one of the great tragedies in American music. I have never been affected by any other artists' music to the extent that Donny's music has touched and influenced me. With all due respect to the greats that preceded & followed him, as well as his contemporaries, it is my opinion that no other artist makes the listener feel raw emotion as strongly as Donny was able. His music is essential to experiencing what it means to be human. Gd Bless
jazzaymfka 2 years ago 4
I still breaks my heart to think about his death.
ionahoopii 2 years ago
Too bad they tried to keep Donny's illness under wraps when they should've just come out with a campaign to deal with it head-on. Nothing more tragic than seeing a genius' life cut short like that under those circumstances. At least his musical legacy continues to live on though. He truly was ahead of his time...
PeekaPeep 2 years ago 3
Sad.Donny I so hope your at peace.Your music will always be a part of our lives.Thanks for what you gave to us.Thanks so much.
maxwelld1961 2 years ago
Thank you so very much for posting the UnSung: Donnie Hathaway -- I loved this program on TV and now it is on YT as well.
Thank you for raising the profile of one of greatest and best male vocalist ever to live and sing. Thank you for sharing his wonderful voice with the masses.
Blessings.
NikiD40 2 years ago
Donnita looks JUST like her father!...anyway, thanks SO MUCH...the best male voice EVER...
sbrownie 2 years ago
:)
Donnita Hathaway
Magdalenab27 2 years ago
This is so sad
TheJazzlady40 2 years ago
R.I.P. Donny Hathaway Your music will live on FOREVERRRR!!! This just brings me back to the day that Michael Jackson died. So many talented people are leaving us! smh
Alicious4112 2 years ago
True genius!
cat3375 2 years ago
He was 33 when he died...not 34
shydmples 2 years ago
There are no superlatives to describe the genius that was Donny Hathaway.
ezekielthemack 2 years ago
For some reason I feel like this epidsode didn't say much to me about Donny Hathaway. All of the people being interviewed pretty much said the same thing over and over. I wish Roberta Flack gave her take on her experience with Donny in the studio and more importantly outside of the studio.
trueiopian 2 years ago 4
What more did you want?
76discodolly 2 years ago 2
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Roberta was in the room with him when he jumped. they were obviously having an affair. Roberta didn't want to come across as a homewrecker
PhuckHue2 2 years ago
how do you know?
valzozos 2 years ago
Roberta said it herself in an interview
PhuckHue2 2 years ago
do u know which interview? is it on your channel?
valzozos 2 years ago
@PhuckHue2
HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
Arthro92 2 months ago
r.i.p Donny
kannlistar 2 years ago
Yes I agree with you pharrisbaritone. I wish I could've heard Roberta Flack's story of him and her opinion of his death.
Sonofdarighthand 2 years ago
now i know what im going to look like in twenty years, jessie jackson.
moviemaker1865 2 years ago
What wonderful talent... I love all the divine musical synergy he & Roberta produced. I cried.. I too, don't believe what they're telling us about his untimely demise--no more than I believe what they told us about the demise of Malcolm, Martin, & JFK. Mass deception...Smoke & Mirrors.
sageofferings 2 years ago
@pharrisbaritone: Jesus was 33 too... Just a thought... Two beautiful souls...
sageofferings 2 years ago
it's a shame that whoever has talent whether you be a speaker, singer, actor etc etc. - a person that really stands out from the crowd that changes a scene - why do they have to die so young? Donny was a talented person who had a voice that you can feel, almost like he was singing directly to you. After my brother told me about the program I had to see this.....Thanks for the great post Deena!
goldenchild718 2 years ago
1:21 Ric Powell says the truth ... his songs had allusions to suicide ... even singing a Gary McFarlane song ... "I hear voices, I see people" ~ what does that mean! ... lots of other lines in songs point to this ...
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GeneralTrousers 2 years ago 3
I had missed the entire Unsung on Mr Hathaway, Im a great fan and fellow musician that also suffer from some of the same demons as Donny did. Folks should`nt worry so much about how a person dies,but celebrate them while their still around. Im 34 years old now and have so much music written and recorded of my own.but still celebrate Donny every time I step on stage,studio,sit down to write.... Thanks so much for posting. May God Bless You.
MamasBabyBoy 2 years ago
thanks for sharing, and make sure to take care of yourself :)
Lashid4u 2 years ago
It's an epic tragedy that Donny Hathaway's life was cut short at the quite young age of 34. Its such a shame he was plagued by a mental illness that today can be controlled and afford those a normal existence........ I love his music, remember hearing "This Christmas" in the 70's when I just 4yrs old. I love Lalah Hathaway music and I hope he is smiling down on his family, friends and fans. Great tribute, I love Unsung.
slimqt1 2 years ago
You don't know how much I appreciate you putting up this programme. Donny was the greatest musical artist of all time in my opinion, and with so little footage or written works about his life available this was fantastic to watch. A real tragedy he's gone but he'll never ever be forgotten.
Thanks again Deena
ruger 2 years ago
This would make a good movie. I could see Jason Weaver playing Donnie
SumthynnSpecial 2 years ago
i think that an unknown should play him, that would put the focus on donny an his story and not the actor but i like jason too.
moviemaker1865 2 years ago
Deena, THANK YOU for posting the 5 parts of Donny Hathaway's tribute. After watching, I'm wondering if Donny's 3rd Daughter is accepted by Lalah & Kenya. I hope that they have some kind of relationship.
seand67 2 years ago 2
I wondered the same thing. I am a part of a mixed family like that and I am the child of my father and my mother. My father's other children never really took to me but now that we are adults I think we are trying to bridge that gap. However my sister (mother's daughter) and I are very close and always have been.
armanisilk 2 years ago
@ Sean67: I was wondering the same thing too; I hope they embrace her... she's the child..her manifest is not her fault.
sageofferings 2 years ago
it's about time donny had a tribute. he was everything that they said about him and so much more. he is my most favorite male vocalist of all time. and yes donny, someday we'll all be free.
laron214 2 years ago 2
I appreciate so much this being posted. I adore his music and I never knew exactly what his illness was. His death was a huge tragedy.
tyanit 2 years ago
Thank You Deena!
BlkAngel1746 2 years ago
thank you so much
my favorite of all time I was a girl in his prime and I reconized his genius
sisjackson 2 years ago
Very well done, I wonder why Roberto Flack didn't take part in it?
Geezyone 2 years ago 2
I think Roberta is still upset about his death plus she with the other musicians at that recording session were the last to see him. It still hurts her to this day.
blachubear 2 years ago
I can't get tvone either and i've been wanting to see this episode, THANK YOU SOO MUCH
kuntryplaya 2 years ago
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I think Shug Knight pushed him.
Ndukanachi 2 years ago
You're an idiot! That was not funny!
Sonofdarighthand 2 years ago
Another musical genius gone too soon.
akaziaj 2 years ago 4
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globaljamaican 2 years ago
Thanks so much for sharing :) I too cannot TVONE.
globaljamaican 2 years ago 3
Deenasworld, thank you so much for putting this on Youtube. I can't get TVOne in my area and I've been desperately wanting to see the Unsung on Donny, my favorite Soul Singer of all time.
ambboogie 2 years ago 9