Between her smoky voice and cooing ballads, Roberta Flack distinguished herself as a soulful standout. The singer died Monday. She was 88. A statement from her representative noted that Flack "died ...

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter Roberta Flack gives a special performance at the Women's Sports Foundation's 70th Birthday Party For Billie Jean King at the Museum ...

Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B songstress who rocketed to international stardom with the unforgettable smash hit “Killing Me Softly,” has died. She was 88. No cause of death was given at the time of ...

R&B icon Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88, according to a statement from a rep given to Variety. Flack was best known for her Grammy-winning breakout hits, a 1969 cover of “The First Time Ever ...

Roberta Flack, the "Killing Me Softly" singer, 85, has been diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The ALS diagnosis has "made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak," ...

Roberta Flack, whose tender vocals made her one of R&B's most beloved singers in a celebrated career, including the Grammy-winning hits "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly ...

The green piano in Roberta Flack's autobiographical children's book — entitled "The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music" — is more than a piano. The green piano is, yes, a literal upright piano ...

Roberta Flack is a master of interpretation, a genre-bender, a civil rights activist, an early ally to the LGBTQIA+ community and a musical genius whose ability to sonically encompass every crevasse ...