One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.

US singer Roberta Flack used “her artistry, her talent, her innovation and her heart” to expose the song Killing Me Softly With His Song to the world, the writer of the track has said.The soul star, who worked with musicians including Miles Davis and Donny Hathaway,

‘You Are My Heaven’ (1979) Propelled by the success of “Closer I Get,” Flack and Hathaway set to work on a second duets collection. Yet Hathaway tragically died at age 33 after the pair had recorded only two songs, including this rollicking uptempo number co-written by Stevie Wonder.