Singer Roberta Flack, of 'Killing Me Softly' fame, dies at 88

Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, in 2017. Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and one of the most recognisable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88. — Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic Killing Me Softly With His Song and one of the most recognisable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88.

Flack's publicist announced her death without citing a cause.