Roberta Flack: ‘Killing Me Softly’ songbird exits the stage at 88 with a rich legacy

Roberta Flack poses for a picture at The 2010 Pre-Grammy Gala at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, US.

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The life of a nine-year-old girl whose dream was to become a musician was transformed when her father discovered a piano dumped in a junkyard.

He repaired the instrument back into working condition and then gifted it to his daughter. In a story resembling a fairy tale, the young girl would go on to become one of the world’s most famous musicians over a career lasting six decades.

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