Source: The Patriot Light | AWK Network | VIEW ORIGINAL POST ==>
Roberta Flack, the 1970s artist behind “Killing Me Softly” and some of the decade’s most memorable hits, died at 88 last week.
News of the R&B singer’s death came from her publicist Elaine Schock, who said Flack was surrounded by her loved ones. The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter was known for her passionate piano performances on her debut album “First Take” which achieved platinum status in 1969.
She beat that feat with 1973’s album “Killing Me Softly,” going double platinum and nearly winning the Grammy for Album of the Year, losing to Stevie Wonder. However, her eponymous smash single won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year.
No cause of death has been listed in the statement, but friend and manager Suzanne Koga told the New York Times that Flack died of a heart attack en route to a New York hospital.
Flack had been battling ALS since she was diagnosed in 2022, which she said made it “impossible to sing,” she said previously. She survived a stroke in 2016.
Some of Flack’s most recognizable hits include “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and two duets with Donny Hathaway, “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You.” Her breakout 1973 hit, “The First Time Ever…
Read the full article here
