1979 – Soul singer Donny Hathaway committed suicide falling from Posted on 5:10 pm by Stu Sweatman 1979 – Soul singer Donny Hathaway committed suicide falling from a 15th floor New York hotel window. (1972 UK No.29 single with Roberta Flack ‘Where Is The Love’, 1978 US No.2 single ‘The Closer I Get.’ Be Sociable, Share! Tweet