Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song ...

A documentary about the singer called Roberta premiered at New York's DOC NYC film festival in 2022, ahead of its early 2023 television debut on PBS as part of the "American Masters" series. Flack ...

Roberta Flack, the gifted rhythm and blues singer and pianist, passed away February 24 from cardiac arrest. She was 88 years old. Flack developed ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and other hits made ...

Lauryn Hill of the Fugees performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack’s life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ...

“There is no way to fully emphasize the political risks Roberta Flack may have faced as an R&B singer in the late ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, performing and discussing songs advocating human ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Legendary singer Roberta Flack was honored by family, friends and fans on Monday with a celebration of life service in Harlem. Flack, 88, died on Feb. 24 at her home.

She was 88. American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack performs on stage at Ronnie Scott's, London, 1972. Michael Putland / Getty Images ...

Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack, who crooned hits like “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” has died, a representative confirmed to NBC ...

Roberta Flack, the fearless singer and pianist who made Grammy history with the sublime No. 1 hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” died Monday ...