Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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The great Roberta Flack has died. The Grammy-award winning singer’s intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after.
 
Singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 10, 2018. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning ‘Killing Me Softly’ singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

 
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FILE - Jazz and soul pianist and singer Les McCann performs on stage during the opening of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Auditorium Stravinski, June 30, 2006, in Montreux, Switzerland. McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the “soul jazz” genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop performers, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. He was 88. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for ‘Compared to What,’ dies at 88

 
FILE - Singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 10, 2018. A representative for Roberta Flack has announced that the legendary singer has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

Roberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says

 

Roberta Flack dies at 88

Roberta Flack, the singer and pianist was known for her intimate vocal and musical style – especially on her hit, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died. (Feb. 24)
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In this Oct. 10, 2018 photo, singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York. The 81-year-old music legend will be honored Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, with a lifetime achievement ...

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