Roberta Flack died on Monday, February 24 at the age of 88, she announced that her journalist, Elaine Schock, said AP. The singer, famous for the interpretation of successful songs, “gently kills me with his song” and “the first time I saw your face”, among other things, died surrounded by her family.
In 2022, Flack reported that he suffered amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This progressive disease made him “impossible to sing and difficult to speak,” his director said in a statement.
Who was Roberta Flack?
Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina on February 10, 1937 and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. From childhood he proved his talent as a pianist and has been a fellowship for 15 years to study at Howard.
The five winner of Grammy got a reputation after Clint Eastwood used his theme, “the first time I have ever seen your face” as part of the sound strip of the movie “Play Misty for me”.
In 1973 he became the first artist to win successive Grammy Awards for the best album with “Killing Me Softly with his song”. In the same decade, he got other successes, such as “Feel Makin” Love “,” Where’s Love “and” The Closer to I Get You “.
In the 1980s and 90s, Roberta Flack failed to match his first successful series, but again placed in the taste of the audience with the songs “Tonight, I celebrate My Love” and “put the night in music” .
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