Killing Me Softly singer dies aged 88
Music correspondent
Getty ImagesR&B singer Roberta Flack was the first time I saw your face and gently killed me with his song at the age of 88.
“We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning on February 24, 2025,” her representative said in a statement.
“She died peacefully by her family. Roberta broke the boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator.”
Flack used to have Announced in 2022 with motor neuron diseasecan no longer sing.
Born in North Carolina, the musician grew up in Arlington, Virginia, started as a classical pianist who taught music for the first time.
Musician Les McCann started her recording career after she sang in the Jazz Club, and later wrote: “Her voice touched, tapped, got trapped and kicked every time I know A kind of emotion.”
But she didn’t get her first blow until she was in her 30s – when her recording of Ewan Maccoll was the first time I saw your face being used to soundtrack in Clint Eastwood A clear love scene in the 1971 movie Misty Misty Misty Misty.
It was subsequently named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Flack won the award for the second time the following year because he killed me with his song.
After once again putting the chart on the chart with Makin’Love in 1974, Flack took a break from the performance and focused on recording and philanthropy.
During her career, she has worked with artists including Donny Hathaway and Miles Davis and recorded a Beatles cover in 2012. The album, titled “Leet Be Roberta”.
“Real Soul”
According to The Guardian, she once told a reporter: “I consider myself a affectionate singer because I try to sing with all the feelings in my body and mind.
“A person with a true soul is someone who can take anybody’s songs and go beyond all the flaws, skills and get you to listen to.”
Getty ImagesIn 2020, a year after the stroke, Flack won the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
“It’s a huge and overwhelming honor,” she said at the time.
“I’ve tried to tell stories through music. This award is a validation of me, and my peers heard what I thought and accepted what I was trying to give.”
Once married, the star spent a lot of time with jazz musician Stephen Novosel to go to the Roberta Flack School of Music in New York.
Flack’s most famous song was introduced to a new generation of music fans when Lauryn Hill’s hip-hop band The Fugees recorded a Grammy-winning cover in which Killed They will eventually perform on stage with her.
