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Oprah Winfrey hails Roberta Flack for creating ‘soundtrack to our lives’

The US soul singer died ‘surrounded by her family’ at the age of 88.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack’s performances softly burned with the fire of life itself

The soul singer was ambitiously diverse in her musicianship, and enthralled at every turn – whether doing desolate folk cover versions or lighter, sophisticated pop

The Guardian - UK

Roberta Flack obituary

Singer with a reserved, intimate style on hits such as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song

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“One of the great soul singers of all time”: Stars pay tribute to Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack, who has died aged 88

Other hits included The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Feel Like Makin’ Love

MusicRadar

Roberta Flack Of 'Killing Me Softly' Fame Dies At 88

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and one of the most recognizable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88.

International Business Times

Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dead at 88

Roberta Flack passed away on Monday morning (24.02.25) at the age of 88.

BANG Premier

Roberta Flack dead aged 88: Killing Me Softly singer and R&B legend dies after health battle

The Grammy winner died surrounded by her family following a battle with ALS

Evening Standard

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Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88

She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack, legendary singer behind ‘Killing Me Softly’, dies aged 88

Virtuosic performer, who topped the US charts on several occasions, was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in two consecutive years

The Independent UK

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Roberta Flack has died at 88

The Independent UK

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016

The Guardian - UK

Luther: Never Too Much — release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the documentary

Luther: Never Too Much is a documentary that explores the life of Luther Vandross, one of music’s most legendary vocal performers. Here’s what we know about it.

WhatToWatch

Different versions of 'home' roost at the American Folk Art Museum

What does “home” mean

The Independent UK

“My hand was starting to swell up and blood was coming out of my ears. If I hadn't worked on that stuff, there's no way I could have done it”: Basil Fearrington breaks down his bassline on Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway’s Back Together Again

Basil Fearrington tracked with a custom Carl Thompson that had become “almost impossible to play”

Guitar World

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“We made somebody 8 million dollars”: Wyclef Jean reflects on The Fugees’ version of Killing Me Softly earning big money for someone else, and how he ended up on “the other side of the game” when DJ Khaled revived a 1999 song he wrote for Santana

“It could be a billion streams of Khaled and Rihanna, but the composition itself is the real estate”

The Guardian - UK

Les McCann obituary

American jazz musician whose popular blues and gospel-inspired sounds were later sampled by a host of rap artists

Chicago Sun-Times

Les McCann, innovative jazz musician, dies at 88

He was best known for “Compared to What,” a funky protest song on which he first teamed up with his future musical partner, saxophonist Eddie Harris.

WEKU

Les McCann, jazz pianist with a soulful holler, dies at 88

An impromptu jam of "Compared to What" gave McCann a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival.

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The Independent UK

Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for 'Compared to What,' dies at 88

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop performers, has died

The Guardian - UK

Ron Carter, jazz’s most prolific bassist: ‘Our band was a laboratory – and Miles Davis was head chemist’

He overcame prejudice to play on more than 2,000 albums, and is still going strong at 86. Carter recalls laughter with Aretha Franklin, composing with Roberta Flack, and what Miles taught him in their classic quintet

Salon

The lessons Lauryn Hill taught me

I was in high school when "The Miseducation" dropped, and the songs helped me to be a better person, even today

The Guardian - UK

Sunday with Graham Norton: ‘I squeeze in Wordle before lights out’

The comedian on drinking Bloody Marys, listening to Roberta Flack – and the joy of never having to go to church

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 5-11 include singer Roberta Flack, author Alice Walker who wrote “The Color Purple” and comedian Chris Rock

The Independent UK

New this week: Jennifer Lopez, Sam Smith and 'You People'

This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh albums from Sam Smith and Elle King, the return of Jennifer Lopez in the rom-com “Shotgun Wedding,” and the TV show “Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne as a wise-cracking, friendly drifter who has an uncanny ability to immediately know if someone is lying

WEKU

Roberta Flack's first piano came from a junkyard – five Grammys would follow

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music recounts the story of Flack's father finding her a beat-up, old, upright in a junkyard — a treasure that led to a life in music.

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