{"id":17103,"date":"2025-02-24T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/?p=17103"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:38:50","slug":"killing-me-softly-zangeres-roberta-flack-op-88-jarige-leeftijd-overleden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/nl\/killing-me-softly-zangeres-roberta-flack-op-88-jarige-leeftijd-overleden\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing Me Softly-zangeres Roberta Flack op 88-jarige leeftijd overleden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">De Amerikaanse zangeres Roberta Flack is op 88-jarige leeftijd overleden. Flack werd beroemd met haar hit Killing Me Softly with His Song en brak door met The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, dat in 1972 een nummer 1-hit werd na gebruik in de film Play Misty for Me van Clint Eastwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Flack won meerdere Grammys en stond bekend om haar unieke stemgeluid en gevoelige vertolkingen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Flack overleed vredig, omringd door haar familie. In 2022 werd bekend dat ze ALS had en niet meer kon optreden, maar ze bleef actief. In 2023 bracht ze nog het kinderboek The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music uit, over haar jeugd en haar eerste piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flack won meerdere Grammys en stond bekend om haar unieke stemgeluid en gevoelige vertolkingen. Haar muziek en nalatenschap blijven voortleven, terwijl fans wereldwijd afscheid nemen van een icoon dat generaties heeft ge\u00efnspireerd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload_inited wp-image-17108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-370x222.jpg 370w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-865x519.jpg 865w, https:\/\/jeugdjournaal.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roberta-Flack-642x385.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Official Video)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrudT410TAI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Amerikaanse zangeres Roberta Flack is op 88-jarige leeftijd overleden. Flack werd beroemd met haar hit Killing Me Softly with His Song en brak door met The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, dat in 1972 een nummer 1-hit werd na gebruik in de film Play Misty for Me van Clint Eastwood. 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