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    "comment": "Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died this year at the age of 88.  She had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.\n\nRoberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and she grew up in in northern Virginia. She learned to sing and play piano in the church. Musically gifted from a young age, Flack won a scholarship to Howard University at just 15 with plans to pursue a classical music career.\nFlack taught at schools in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., and began performing in clubs, both as a pianist for other vocalists and as a singer herself. Attention from fellow musicians led to a contract with Atlantic Records, who released her debut album, First Take, in 1969.\n\nShe told The New York Times her biggest break came when Clint Eastwood used her version of Ewan MacColl's \"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\" in his 1971 movie Play Misty For Me, Flack's popularity soared.\n\nThe string of albums that followed — Chapter Two, Quiet Fire, Killing Me Softly, Feel Like Makin' Love and an album of duets with Donny Hathaway — made her one of the decade's most popular singers. \n--\nThis song, written by Donny Hathaway,  from her debut album, \"First Take, features Flack on piano, Ron Carter on bass,  John Pizzarelli on guitar, and Ray Lucas on drums.",
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