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“The Real Housewives of Potomac” star Ashley Darby is flexing her vocal skills. During an April 3 appearance on Fox 5 Washington DC, she paid homage to the late Roberta Flack, who died on February 24, ...

Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and soul music. (The new format was named after Smokey Robinson’s 1975 album A Quiet Storm.) Like ...

Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder and more honored their friend Roberta Flack with emotional performances at her recent memorial service in New York. The late singer and pianist died at the age ...

She was royalty from birth, descending from a mountain to share her musical gifts. Roberta Cleopatra Flack, born in Black Mountain, N.C., practiced playing the piano six hours a day as a child, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Soul and R&B icon Roberta Flack passed away earlier this week at the age of ...

Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born on February 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, to parents Laron Flack, a U.S. Veterans Administration draftsman, and Irene Flack, a church organist. At the ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song originally. In fact, the ...

Roberta Flack will now shine her light down from heaven as the legendary songstress joined the angels on Feb. 24, 2025. The Grammy-winning singer died peacefully surrounded by her family this morning ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and other hits made her one of ...