Roberta Flack appeared to be feeling nostalgic in her final Instagram post. The legendary singer died on Monday at the age of 88 in New York after suffering a heart attack.

There were duets with Donny Hathaway - a regular collaborator until his death, in 1979 - and, in 1973, Flack released her definitive version of Killing Me Softly With His Song, which became her ...

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 originally.

Roberta Flack, the beloved, Grammy-winning 1970s singer best known for such hits as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly” died on Monday (Feb. 24) at 88.

FILE – Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) By The Associated Press UPDATED: March 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM EDT ...

Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter Roberta Flack gives a special performance at the Women's Sports Foundation's 70th Birthday Party For Billie Jean King at the Museum of Art and Design on ...

The very next year, Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" — another cover given new life by her expressive interpretation (Lori Lieberman first recorded it in 1971) — took home a Grammy in ...