According to her 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. Flack is internationally hailed as one of the greatest songstresses of our time receiving three Billboard number-one singles,

Western North Carolina native and award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Roberta Flack passed away at 88 years old on Monday.

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.

The Grammy-winning soul singer has passed away at the age of 88. Here’s a look back at her life and her family.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and pianist known for “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died. She was 88.

Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack passed away on. She was 88 years old and best known for her songs "Killing Me Softly with His Song,” "Feel Like Makin' Love” and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

( KTLA) – Singer Roberta Flack has passed away. She was 88 years old. The Grammy-award winner was known for such hits as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” Flack died at home “surrounded by her family,” her publicist Elaine Schock said in a statement to the Associated Press.