Roberta Flack performs onstage at the ASCAP Pied Piper award celebration in honor of Quincy Jones on April 22, 2008 in New York City.© Brad Barket, Getty Images ...

Roberta Flack rose to fame in her early 30s when Clint Eastwood featured "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in "Play Misty for Me." The song's quiet, emotional depth made it a hit, topping the ...

Roberta Flack, legendary singer of "The First Time" & "Killing Me Softly," dies at 88. A true music icon leaves behind an indelible mark.

Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B songstress who rocketed to international stardom with the unforgettable smash hit “Killing Me Softly,” has died. She was 88. No cause of death was given at the ...

Roberta Flack’s rise to musical fame In 1969, Flack’s first album, First Take, was released. It had eight songs, with one—“Ballad of the Sad Young Men”—being exactly seven minutes long.

Roberta Flack, a former teacher in the Washington, D.C. school system, speaks to racism and sexism experienced by Black female entertainers in the music industry during an afternoon address at a ...

The life and legacy of Roberta Flack is celebrated on March 10 in a public ceremony at The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, U.S.A. Group credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew ...

Roberta Flack was trained as a classical pianist and never lost her love for the European canon, so you can see why Lori Lieberman’s recording of Killing Me Softly caught her ear.

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.

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 ...

Roberta Flack appears backstage at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. 2010. Credit: AP/Mark J. Terrill Here are some highlights: For the memory of a singing legend, a historic location ...

Roberta Flack's publicist said the iconic singer had big plans to continue in her musical career when diagnosed with ALS in 2022, just a few years before her death.