Roberta Flack has died. She was 88 years old.
The Grammy award-winning singer, who was known for hits such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” passed away on Monday.
She died at home surrounded by family, according to Flack’s publicist.
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Flack became an overnight star in the early 1970s after Clint Eastwood used “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” in his film “Play Misty for Me.”
The musician’s song won record of the year at the Grammys and topped the Billboard chart in 1972.
“The record label wanted to have it re-recorded with a faster tempo, but he said he wanted it exactly as it was,” Flack told the Associated Press in a 2018 interview. “With the song as a theme song for his movie, it gained a lot of popularity and then took off.”
She became the first artist to win record of the year consecutively in 1973 with “Killing Me Softly.”
Flack went on to record a handful of other hits in the ’70s, including “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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