Roberta Flack, the renowned singer and pianist whose timeless hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” captivated generations of listeners, passed away on ...

Her death was attributed to cardiac arrest while she was being transported to a medical facility, following her long battle with ALS.

Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images Supported by By Giovanni Russonello Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist whose intimate blend of soul, jazz and folk made her one of the ...

According to her publicist Elaine Schock, Flack passed away at her New York home surrounded by her family. In 2022, Flack announced that she had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Flack's ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the charts in the 1970s.

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“After Wesla died, I thought that was that,” said Greensill, 78, an internationally renowned jazz pianist. He was talking about singer Wesla Whitfield, his wife of 32 years, who died of cancer ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after ...