Roberta Flack is a 4 time Grammy winner & renowned American singer known for her singles The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly with His Song, Feel Like Makin’ Love, and Where Is the Love to name a few. She’s undeniably renowned for her influence on the subgenre of contemporary R&B known as the quiet storm.
Flack was given an honorary membership with the Delta Sigma Theta sorority during her tenure at Howard University for the efforts she put in to promote music education. She’s featured in the photo standing second from the left.
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Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning soul singer best known for her celebrated interpretations of romantic ballads like “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” as well as her professional collaborations and social activism, has died, according to a statement from her publicist.
She was 88.
Flack died Monday at her home, surrounded by her family, Elaine Schock, her publicist, told CNN. Her death followed several years of health challenges, including a diagnosis, revealed publicly in late 2022, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The progressive condition, often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, made it impossible for Flack to sing, her representatives said at the time
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