Roberta Flack, Iconic Singer of ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Passes Away at 88
The music world has lost a legend. Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer whose soulful voice and genre-defying artistry made her one of the most influential artists of the 1970s and beyond, passed away on Monday at the age of 88. A representative for Flack did not disclose a cause of death, but the singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.