Roberta Flack, an absolute legend of a singer, has died at the age of 88, per Variety, who cited a statement from her rep: “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, ...

Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and soul music. (The new format was named after Smokey Robinson’s 1975 album A Quiet Storm.) Like ...

Roberta Flack holds the Grammy award for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" with singer Isaac Hayes standing nearby at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 4, 1974. Flack performed in several ...

She was royalty from birth, descending from a mountain to share her musical gifts. Roberta Cleopatra Flack, born in Black Mountain, N.C., practiced playing the piano six hours a day as a child, ...

Roberta Flack could have brought a book or a magazine to read on an American Airlines flight from L.A. back home to New York in 1972. She could have watched the in-flight movie or even taken a nap.

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by a poem Lieberman wrote after hearing Don McClean perform "Empty Chairs" Paul Bergen/Redferns; Jim Spellman/WireImage Lori Lieberman is remembering ...

Roberta Flack and professor Kehembe Eichelberger at Howard University in 2023. (Courtesy Kehembe V. Eichelberger) Grammy-winning music icon Roberta Flack died Monday at the age of 88; the impact of ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song originally. In fact, the ...

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Roberta Flack will now shine her light down from heaven as the legendary songstress joined the angels on Feb. 24, 2025. The Grammy-winning singer died peacefully surrounded by her family this morning ...