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.

The Grammy-winning singer and pianist was known for her intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and

We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025,” a statement from her rep announced. “She died peacefully surrounded by her

Roberta Flack was undoubtedly one of the most talented singers of this era, but one wonders how her career would’ve played out if her music hadn’t also been saved by the movies.

Flack was born in Black Mountain, graduated from high school at 15, and then won a full scholarship to Howard University in Washington, D.C. When her father passed away in the late 1950s, Flack moved back to North Carolina and taught English and music at H.B. Sugg, the African-American high school in Farmville.

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WSPA) — Western North Carolina native and award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Roberta Flack passed away at 88 years old on Monday. In the heart of downtown Black ...

She was also a proud educator.” Roberta Cleopatra Flack, the daughter of musicians, was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and raised in Arlington, Virginia. A gospel fan as a child ...

Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and raised in Arlington, Virginia. Her father, Laron, worked as a draftsman for the Veterans Administration, and her mother, Irene, was a church organist. Flack took ...

Former United States Vice President and HBCU alumna Kamala Harris speaks on the passing of singer and Howard University alumna Roberta Flack.

Roberta Flack, quiet storm pioneer ... Me Softly with His Song,” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” was originally born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, before moving to Arlington, Virginia. Her large family was all musically inclined and frequently ...

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 her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after,

The Grammy Award-winning songstress, Roberta Flack was born in Black Mountain on February 10, 1937. However, she was raised in Arlington, Va.