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Anastasia Tsioulcas

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Roberta flack announces she has als - Caught on Camera

Singer Roberta Flack, performing during the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2010. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The beloved singer Roberta Flack has announced through a spokesperson that she is battling ALS. The brain disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or popularly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has made it "impossible to sing and not easy to speak," the spokesperson said in a press release on Monday.

The statement did not disclose how long ago Flack was diagnosed with the fatal condition.

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