Stevie Wonder and Rev. Al Sharpton were among the speakers and performers Monday at Grammy-winning soul singer Roberta Flack’s public memorial service in Manhattan. Flack, who died last month at ...

Roberta Flack had no flash or gimmick to propel her to stardom. A schoolteacher in her 30s when she achieved fame, she was a classically trained pianist with a low-key demeanor and a restrained ...

Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Her father was a draftsman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and her mother was a music teacher and ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer renowned for her intimate vocal style and hits like 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' died at 88. Despite her ALS diagnosis in 2022 that ended her ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and other hits made her one ...

Roberta Flack gave us some of the best R&B songs of the 1970s. This raises an interesting question — did she ever have a No. 1 hit? 1 of Roberta Flack’s songs was part of a classic Clint ...

Roberta Flack — seen performing for a television studio audience in 1973 — possessed one of the most singular singing voices of her era. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment ...

The "Killing Me Softly" icon was 88 years old. By Rania Aniftos Roberta Flack died on Monday morning (Feb. 24), and the music world came together to mourn the beloved R&B icon. The “Killing Me ...

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” established her as a timeless ...

Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the textural and emotional terms of modern soul music. The singer, who died Monday at 88, was a master interpreter ...

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 ...

Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack has died. She was 88. Per a press release, the Grammy-winning musician died on Monday, Feb. 24. No cause of death was revealed, though Flack was diagnosed ...