Killing Me Softly singer dies aged 88 happymamay

The Roberta Flack singer, who was famous for the first time I saw your face and killed me quietly with his song, died at the age of 88.

A statement from its representatives said: “We are saddened because the glorious Roberta Vlaca died this morning, February 24, 2025.”

“She died in peace from her family. Roberta broke the borders and records. She was also a proud teacher.”

Flack was previously In 2022 it was announced that it suffers from motor nervous diseaseAnd he can no longer sing.

Music was born in North Carolina and grew up in Arlington, Virginia, as a classic pianist, studying the first music.

Her career began recording after her discovery as she sang at the jazz club by the musician Les Mccann, who later wrote that “her voice was not touched, trapped, and kicked all the feelings she knew at all.”

But she did not score her first blow until she was in her thirties – when her registration for Ewan Maccoll was the first time I saw your face using a clear love scene in the movie Clint Eastwood for 1971 Misty for me.

It was later named the song of the year in Grammys. Flack won the award for the second time the following year, to kill me quietly with his song.

After the charts are topped again in 1974 with a feeling like Makin ‘Love, Flack took a break from performance to focus on registration and charitable reasons.

Throughout her career, she worked with artists, including Doni Hathaway and Miles Davis, and she recorded a Bitts covers albums in 2012.

In 2020, a year after a stroke, Flack won the life achievement award from Grammys.

She said at the time: “It is a tremendous and overwhelming honor.”

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