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 the late 1960s, Roberta Flack’s rise from a D.C. schoolteacher to a music icon began on a stage at Mr. Henry’s on Pennsylvania Avenue. On Monday, the club mourned the loss of Flack at the ...

Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist whose intimate blend of soul, jazz and folk made her one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 88. She died ...

Legendary musician Roberta Flack, a chart-topping force in '70s pop and R&B, known for soulful hits like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song," has died at 88.

FILE - Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) Show more Show less FILE - Roberta Flack attends the Black ...