Singer and classically trained pianist Roberta Flack, who is known for her hit Killing Me Softly, diagnosed with ALS 'making it impossible to sing'
Singer Roberta Flack, 85, has been diagnosed with ALS - commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neurone disease - and can no longer sing, her manager says.
She made history when both hits won a Grammy Award for record of the year in two consecutive years, with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face winning in 1973 after Clint Eastwood used it as the soundtrack for a love scene in his 1971 movie Play Misty For Me, and then won again for Killing Me Softly in 1974.
The announcement of the diagnosis comes just days before a feature-length documentary about Flack and her career premieres on Thursday at the DOC NYC documentary film festival in New York. It will air on US TV as part of PBS's American Masters series in January.
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