Roberta Flack was inspired to remake "Killing Me Softly with His Song" after hearing Lori Lieberman's original on a flight from LA to New York. In fact, the classic — which won Flack her second ...

Roberta Flack could have brought a book or a magazine to read on an American Airlines flight from L.A. back home to New York in 1972. She could have watched the in-flight movie or even taken a nap.

With a voice both smoky and silken, Roberta Flack carved a distinguished impression. The singer behind timeless ballads "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "The Closer I Get to You," died Monday at ...

Flack’s music was introduced to a new generation thanks to the Fugees and Lauryn Hill, whose cover of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” topped the charts in 1996. Grammy award-winning singer Roberta ...

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by a poem Lieberman wrote after hearing Don McClean perform "Empty Chairs" Paul Bergen/Redferns; Jim Spellman/WireImage Lori Lieberman is remembering ...

Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died ...

I was sitting in my room doing work on Feb. 24 when my phone lit up with a notification: “Roberta Flack, enduring songstress, dies at the age of 88.” My heart dropped; for me, Roberta Flack is one of ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — ...