‘Killing Me Softly’ Singer Roberta Flack Dead at 88​on February 24, 2025 at 3:39 pm

Legendary singer Roberta Flack has died, according to a statement by her representatives. The R&B singer emerged into fame in the 1970s with her version of the song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” Another well-known song of hers,…

​Legendary singer Roberta Flack has died, according to a statement by her representatives. The R&B singer emerged into fame in the 1970s with her version of the song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” Another well-known song of hers,…   

Legendary singer Roberta Flack has died.

The R&B singer became famous in the 1970s, first with her song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”

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Another famous song of hers, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” was famously covered by the Fugees in the 1990s, with Lauryn Hill crooning.

Flack had numerous other pop and R&B hits, working with Donny Hathaway, Leonard Cohen, and Burt Bacharach, among many others.

Her last album was 2012’s “Let It Be Roberta,” a collection of Beatles covers.

Flack was born in North Carolina in 1937. Her cause of death was not released, according to a statement by her representatives.

In 2018, she had to leave the Apollo Theater stage early due to illness, and her management later revealed she had suffered a stroke years earlier. In 2022, a rep announced Flack was diagnosed with ALS.

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Roberta was 88.

RIP