Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died ...

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 vocal ...

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, a North Carolina native, Grammy-winning singer and pianist, died Monday at age 88. Her intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic ''Killing Me Softly With His Song" and one of the most ...

*As we reported earlier, Roberta Flack, the beloved Grammy-winning singer celebrated for her soulful hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” passed away ...

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 church ...

Roberta Flack was laid to rest Monday, March 10, in New York City. The public memorial service, held at Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church, celebrated the life of Flack, one of the most ...

Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Roberta Flack, died Monday at the age of 88. The singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, since being diagnosed in 2022, ...

This video is no longer available. In the late 1960s, Roberta Flack’s rise from a D.C. schoolteacher to a music icon began on a stage at Mr. Henry’s on Pennsylvania Avenue. On Monday, the club mourned ...