#singer #robertaflack #death #rimpactx <br />Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88<br />Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88.<br /><br />A representative for Flack did not share a cause of death, but the singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.<br /><br />Musically gifted from a young age, Flack won a scholarship to Howard University at just 15 with plans to pursue a classical music career.<br /><br />"My real ambition was to be a concert pianist," Flack told NPR in 2012, "and to play Schumann and Bach and Chopin - the romantics. Those were my guys."<br /><br />roberta flack<br />killing me softly<br />killing me softly roberta flack<br />roberta flack killing me softly<br />robert flack<br />roberta flack death<br />roberta flack<br />roberta flack killing me softly<br />roberta flack first time ever i saw your face<br />roberta flack the closer i get to you<br />roberta flack feel like making love<br />roberta flack songs<br />roberta flack and donny hathaway<br />roberta flack where is the love<br />roberta flack greatest hits<br />roberta flack the first time ever i saw your face lyrics<br />roberta flack live<br />roberta flack donny hathaway where is the love<br />roberta flack will you still love me tomorrow<br />roberta flack back together again