Killing Me Softly singer Roberta Flack dies at 88
Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack, known for her intimate vocal style and influential career, has died at the age of 88. Flack, who announced in 2022 that she was suffering from ALS and could no longer sing, passed away at home surrounded by family, according to her publicist.
Flack rose to stardom in the early 1970s after Clint Eastwood featured "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" in his film "Play Misty for Me," propelling the song to the top of the Billboard charts and earning her a Grammy for record of the year in 1972. In 1973, she repeated this success with "Killing Me Softly With His Song," becoming the first artist to win consecutive Grammys in that category. Discovered by jazz musician Les McCann in the late 1960s, Flack was admired for her sophisticated presence in music and her involvement in social and civil rights movements, with friends including Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis.
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Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack, known for her intimate vocal style and influential career, has died at the age of 88. Flack, who announced in 2022 that she was suffering from ALS and could no longer sing, passed away at home surrounded by family, according to her publicist.
Flack rose to stardom in the early 1970s after Clint Eastwood featured "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" in his film "Play Misty for Me," propelling the song to the top of the Billboard charts and earning her a Grammy for record of the year in 1972. In 1973, she repeated this success with "Killing Me Softly With His Song," becoming the first artist to win consecutive Grammys in that category. Discovered by jazz musician Les McCann in the late 1960s, Flack was admired for her sophisticated presence in music and her involvement in social and civil rights movements, with friends including Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis.
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