Widely considered to be one of soul and R&B’s greatest voices, Flack demonstrated a rare ability to cross between genres with ease, whether on her tender cover of Ewan MacColl’s ballad “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” or on the meltingly smooth “Feel Like Makin’ Love”.
Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B/pop artist behind the No 1 hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, has died aged 88.
Four years later, she considered a career as an opera singer until her father’s death, at which point she began teaching at a school in North Carolina.
Both her parents were musical: her mother, Irene, was a church choir organist who introduced Flack to both gospel and classical at a young age.
“We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away,” the statement said.
