The performer - who released numerous albums over the course of her career - is also remembered for collaborating with the late Donny Hathaway, including on the album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, released in 1972.
Roberta is best known for releasing songs like Killing Me Softly with His Song, which topped the charts in the US and placed in the top 10 in the UK upon its release in 1972.
Her other hits include a cover of the First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Feel Like Makin' Love, which both topped the charts in the US upon their releases in 1972 and 1974 respectively.
Roberta holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive Record of the Year awards won at the Grammys, having been the first artist to win two years in a row.
She first won for the First Time Ever I Saw Your Face in 1973 and then again the following year for Killing Me Softly With His Song.
