Singer Roberta Flack Dies at 88
Grammy winner Roberta Flack is dead at the age of 88. Read a statement from the "Killing Me Softly" singer's rep ahead.
Celebrity / Music
Roberta Flack died "peacefully" on the morning of Feb. 24, 2025, "surrounded by her family."
by Mandi Kerr
Published on February 24, 2025
Hollywood has lost one of its musical stars in Roberta Flack. The legendary R&B singer and pop vocalist has died at the age of 88. Ahead, learn what we know about Flackâs death.Â
Per Variety, a representative for Flack announced the sad news of her death in a statement on Feb. 24, 2025. Flackâs cause of death wasnât given. However, the rep did note that Flack died with family by her side.Â
âWe are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025,â the statement read. âShe died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator.â
Flack is survived by her son and fellow musician, Bernard Wright.
Flack, a classically trained singer-pianist, rose to fame in the early 1970s with âThe First Time I Ever Saw Your Face,â a track Clint Eastwood used in his Play Misty for Me directorial debut that hit No. 1. Flack went on to get her most well-known chart-topping hit with 1973âs âKilling Me Softly.âÂ
Per the outlet, those two performances of Flackâs earned her Record of the Year awards at the Grammy in back-to-back years, which wasnât broken until U2 did the same in 2001-02. During her lifetime, Flack was nominated for 13 Grammy Awardsâwinning fourâthe last of which she received in 1995.Â
Flackâs musical success continued with âWhere Is the Love.â She had six top-1- pop hits and 10 top-10 R&B singles total. Her last album, âLet It Be Roberta,â came out in 2012.Â
Flack, who hailed from Black Mountain, North Carolina, started studying piano at age 9 before attending Howard University at 15 on a full scholarship. Her time there ended sooner than expected because of her fatherâs death, and Flack began teaching in North Carolina and Washington, D.C.Â
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