Legendary "If Ever I See You Again" singer Roberta Flack has passed away at the age of 88 at her home in Manhattan surrounded by family.

Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the charts in the 1970s, died on Monday at the age of 88,

She had battled ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, since 2022. From her 1969 debut album, "First Take," through a 2012 collection of Beatles covers, "Let it Be: Roberta," Flack,

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer - a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single - by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of this exclusive club.

Roberta Flack was undoubtedly one of the most talented singers of this era, but one wonders how her career would’ve played out if her music hadn’t also been saved by the movies.