Muere la artista soul Roberta Flack a los ochenta y ocho años

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The artist Soul Roberta Flack dies at eighty -eight years

The iconic Soul singer Roberta Flack He has died at eighty -eight, leaving several classics for posterity in his repertoire as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” or “Tonight I Celebrate My Love”.

Roberta Cleopatra Flacksinger and pianist, has died at eighty -eight years because of ELA’s neurological disease, a ailment he had been suffering since 2022 and cause from the one who had to definitely retire from the scenarios.

Daughter of musicians, FLACK She began her career in the world of classical music, especially as a teacher and opera director, but a Washington DC club convinced her to sing Soul songs as a resident, at which time she became a whole sensation and her name began to highlight which led her to record her first album in 1969.

Throughout his career he has also highlighted for his help to artists who have later had an important weight in this world. She was a mentor of Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthriehe was in great successes of artists like Kanye West and Fuges incorporated the work of FLACKpresenting it to the new generations. It also helped in the social field founding the Roberta Flack Music School In the Bronx in 2006. In 2012 he launched the one that became his last work, “Let it be Roberta. Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles “ And in 2020 he received a Grammy at his career. Subsequently, several live albums have been published from different moments of his career.

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