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Roberta Flack (1937-2025) Singer, pianist, children’s book author. Roberta Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Roberta Cleopatra Flack

Locations

Bronx•New York

Author's Timeline

1937

Birth

Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on February 10, 1937.

1975

Residence

New York County: Ms. Flack moved into the Dakota Building in Manhattan, New York, in 1975.

2006-2011

Other Life Event

Bronx County: Ms. Flack funded and helped direct a program known as the Roberta Flack School of Music at the Hyde Leadership Charter School in the Bronx, New York, from 2006 to 2011.

2023

Literary Work

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
Anne Schwartz Books
0593479874 / 978-0593479872
Children’s book written with Tonya Bolden.

2025

Death

New York County: Roberta Flack died in Manhattan, New York, on February 24, 2025.

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