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

Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B songstress who rocketed to international stardom with the unforgettable smash hit "Killing Me Softly," has died.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song ... bold new presence in the music world and in the social ...

The singer behind timeless ballads "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "The Closer I Get to You," died Monday at the age of 88. She had battled ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease ...

Flack was one of the top music stars of the '70s, with three No. 1 singles in the span of two years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin ...

24 (UPI) --Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack, known for iconic songs like "Killing Me Softly with His Song ... of death was not shared, but the music artist had been navigating ALS since ...

Roberta Flack, singer of classic love ballads “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song ... old when she was awarded a music scholarship to enroll ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy Award-winning singer best known for “Killing Me Softly With His Song ... for causes like civil rights in her music, told NPR that “every single song I’ve ...

Flack's music was introduced to a new generation when the Lauryn Hill-fronted Fugees tapped "Killing Me Softly with His Song" for a chugging hip-hop remake in 1996. The song, which earned Flack ...

Flack won five Grammys overall, including three for Killing Me Softly, and was nominated eight ... to other artists because we understand music, we live music, it’s our language,” Flack ...

Musically gifted from a young age, Flack won a scholarship to Howard University at just 15 with plans to pursue a classical music career. "My real ambition was to be a concert pianist," Flack told ...