My friend Roberta Cleopatra Flack died last week. Her light and creativity will be sorely missed. I first met her at Howard University in 1964. Julian Bond, Jessie Jackson and I had been invited ...

Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the site of the notable liberal arts college (1933-1957). She was the second oldest child in a working class family.

Roberta Cleopatra Flack, the daughter of musicians, was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and raised in Arlington, Virginia. A gospel fan as a child, she was so talented a piano player that ...

“My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment.” Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, N.C., where her father was a draftsman and her mother a church ...

Our musical synergy was unlike (anything) I’d had before or since.” Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, N.C., the second-oldest of five siblings. The family ...

She was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. She was born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10 February1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. According to DNA analysis, Flack was of ...

The condition reportedly made it “impossible to sing and not easy to speak.” Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina and raised in nearby Arlington, Virginia. She started ...

A simply glorious singer and musician, Flack helped to define music in the 1970s and beyond. She was born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10 February 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. According to ...

Roberta Flack had no flash or gimmick to propel her to stardom. A schoolteacher in her 30s when she achieved fame, she was a classically trained pianist with a low-key demeanor and a restrained ...

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