Singer Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with the muscle disease ALS. As a result, she will never sing again, her manager announced. The 85-year-old American also has difficulty speaking. “But much more is needed to silence this icon.”
Flack scored world hits in the seventies with Killing me softly with his song in The first time I saw your face. It won a Grammy for song of the year in 1973 and 1974.
In recent years he has had health problems. She suffered a stroke in 2016 but later expressed a desire to return to the stage. In 2018 she was hospitalized after falling ill during a performance at the Apollo Theater.
Despite her illness, Flack doesn’t want to sit still. She intends to remain active “with her musical and creative pursuits.” The singer also plans to release a children’s book.
