Died on the morning of Monday, 24, singer Roberta Flack famous for the song Killing Me Softly, at the age of 88. The information was confirmed in a statement sent by a family representative to the magazine Variety. The cause of death was not revealed.
“We are heartbroken for the death of glorious Roberta Flack this morning, February 24, 2025. She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke limits and records. She was also a proud educator, ”says the text.
In 2022, at the age of 85, the legendary African-American singer was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, which prevented her from continuing to sing. Also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (she), Lou Gehrig’s disease affects the nervous system that attacks nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and spinal cord.
Six years earlier, in 2016, she had already suffered a stroke. In January 2022, it was also diagnosed with Covid-19.
Grammy History
Roberta Flack won two recording Grammy of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance in 1974 for her interpretation of Killing Me Softly With Hiss Song, song Icomposed by Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel and Lori Lieberman and immortalized in her voice.
In the previous year, in 1973, she had already won two other gramophones. A divided with Donny Hathaway by their performance with the song Where Is the Love and another recording of the year by The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face.
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The song took her to stardom after Clint Eastwood used her as a soundtrack for a love scene on her 1971 wicked Passion movie. The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face was also Top 1 at Billboard in 1972.
