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source for birthplace: "Singer Roberta Flack is Asheville Native", Asheville Citizen, June 1, 1972. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Frosty (talk • contribs) 16:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can personally vouch for Roberta Flack's "career" at Mr. Henry's, 601 Pennsylvania Ave SE, http://www.mrhenrysrestaurant.com/. She was the piano player in the cocktail lounge, and started spontaneously singing - one thing led to another, and the bar management started chasing people out between sets and having a cover charge for her shows. Paulburnett (talk) 05:16, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ATTENTION LORI LIEBERMAN DID NOT WRITE KILLING ME SOFTLY---CHARLES FOX DID — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.91.25.36 (talk) 03:38, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot of additional information about Roberta Flack in an article I found from Jet Magazine at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_24_104/ai_111616849/ concerning her two marriages, her working relationship with Donny Hathaway, and about her musical background.

I don't have time but perhaps somebody could incorporate some of this information into the wikipedia article.

Best Regards,

Hugh Pickens — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.147.72.19 (talk) 01:31, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some references say she was born on February 10, 1937, and others say she was born on the same date in 1939. Wikipedia has always just said she was born in 1937, as do some other references, but Dead or Alive?(http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/fnames-nf/Flack+Roberta) says she was born in 1939, as do some other references. Could we always make her page say that she was born in either 1937 or 1939, instead of just 1937? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.31.12.137 (talk) 11:44, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This source claims she was born in 1940. — 37 ^(talk) 12:10, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I always (at least since 30 years ago) known she born on February 10th 1939, the same day my father born!

I've added more sources which report 1939, I agree this should stay listed as both, especially as the Motown Encyclopedia source even states that there is discrepancy between sources on her birth year. I noticed that there has been some interest in changing it to one or another lately, and if you think that's best please explain your justification here, so as to avoid an endless back and forth with no discussion. Thanks! ElfLady64 (talk) 02:04, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And {{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHK8-HLS|title=Roberta Cleopatra Flack, 10 Feb 1937|accessdate=August 23, 2017}} is not a good ref (mormon.org, with a login). Why not Scientology ? Seriously. --Eihel (talk) 00:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Both The New York Times and Motown Encyclopedia are seen as a WP:RS? But it might be useful to have a footnote, based on the Motown Encyclopedia content, that mentions some sources claiming 1937? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a footnote and moved the Motown Encyclopedia source into that note. It looks to me like a WP:SPS. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:58, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the Personal Life section, it says "Between 1966 and 1972, she was married to Steve Novosel. Together, they had a son, Bernard Wright, who became a successful funk and jazz keyboardist and producer." However, if you follow the link for Bernard Wright, it says "In the liner notes to his debut album 'Nard, he states that his mother is Lessie Wright." in the Biography section. Sounds like a disconnect to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueIris2 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article now states shw was godmother to Bernard (who died in 2022). David notMD (talk) 11:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Roberta Flack taught music at Rabut Jr High School in Washington DC 72.83.49.79 (talk) 09:23, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” plays a major role in the plot of the 2002 Hugh Grant/Toni Collette movie “About A Boy.” Please watch it and it to this section as is warranted. Thx AsburyDave (talk) 01:53, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Watching the film isn't going to add that bit here. To get something added from pop culture, you must prove that uninvolved media have talked about it, showing that it is important to the topic. Take a look in WP:SECONDARY sources for media discussion of this role of the song in the film. Binksternet (talk) 02:52, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change the photo of Roberta Flack? 71.202.233.19 (talk) 13:28, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

She had a great voice. Interesting that all the death reports say she died at home but none I've found say where she was living at the time. MisawaSakura (talk) 16:16, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Proscribe: RE: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roberta_Flack&diff=1277432627&oldid=1277432107 this is a paywall, what exactly does it say about her dying in Manhattan? MisawaSakura (talk) 16:55, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, MisawaSakura (talk). The NYT article says: "Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist whose intimate blend of soul, jazz and folk made her one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 88. She died en route to a hospital, according to Suzanne Koga, her manager and friend. The cause was cardiac arrest, she said. Ms. Flack revealed in 2022 that she’d been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which left her unable to perform." Proscribe (talk) 17:16, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• • @Proscribe: Many thanks! MisawaSakura (talk) 17:43, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the AMA nominations from the table -- the wikis for those years of the AMAs only cite one website that is now a dead link. IMDB cites her nominations, but I don't suppose that falls within WP:RS for its user-generated content. The AMAs have a database but the only entry for Flack is her one win.

I'm not sure what we could do to restore this information, but for now I've removed the unsourced content. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 03:18, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, Malvoliox. Yes, IMDb is generally frowned upon except for in External links. I wonder which editor added the nominations in the first place, and if they are still around. I see no reason why the article could not now be posted at WP:ITN/RD. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:22, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Malvoliox @Martinevans123: I restored the AMA table with sources. Major awards are usually sourceable with newspapers (Newspapers.com in this case). At any rate, it's a disservice to readers to remove likely verifiable info merely to green-light a ITN post. Consider giving it a few days to resolve the tags in the future. Thanks. —Bagumba (talk) 18:06, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck in your search Well done in finding those sources. This is not the kind of information that is likely to have been invented. Looks fine to me. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:14, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bagumba! I searched for its first addition—the pages on the years' awards sourced a self published blog as their only sources (and the pages before 1980 we're still bad). Thanks for finding Newspapers.com. I understand it was a bit pre-emptive to move it to text but after a couple hours looking in the just-barely-wrong place I went for that move, knowing it'd be stored in the history. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 18:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC) ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 18:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm always pleasantly surprised when unsourced info is acually verifiable, which these awards lists often are. —Bagumba (talk) 18:53, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]