She had battled ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, since 2022. From her 1969 debut album, "First Take," through a 2012 collection of Beatles covers, "Let it Be: Roberta," Flack,

Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack, who crooned hits like “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” has died, a representative confirmed to NBC News.She was 88.

The great Roberta Flack has died. The Grammy-award winning singer's intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after.