Editing Roberta Flack (section)

===Later career===
[[File:Roberta Flack 1.jpg|thumb|Flack in 2002]]
[[File:Roberta Flack in August 2013.jpg|thumb|Flack performing in 2013]]
In 1999, a star with Flack's name was placed on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref> PBS, [https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/roberta-flack-biography-and-career-timeline/25437/ Roberta Flack biography and career timeline], pbs.org, USA, January 17, 2023</ref> In the same year, she gave a concert tour in South Africa. During her tour of the country, she performed "Killing Me Softly" for President [[Nelson Mandela]] at his home in Johannesburg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/406802.stm|title=BBC News &#124; Entertainment &#124; Roberta sings softly for Mandela|website=News.bbc.co.uk|date=July 29, 1999|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref> In 2010, she appeared on the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, singing a duet of "Where Is The Love" with [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/arts/things-that-go-pop-blog/2010/01/gaga-for-grammys-lil-waynes-pants-pinks-stunts-and-other-highlights-from-musics-biggest-night.html|title=Gaga for Grammys: Lil' Wayne's pants, Pink's stunts and other highlights from music's biggest night|first=Sarah|last=Liss|date=January 31, 2010|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref>

Flack influenced the subgenre of contemporary R&B called [[quiet storm]], and interpreted songs by songwriters such as [[Leonard Cohen]] and members of [[the Beatles]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Powers|first=Ann|date=February 10, 2020|title=Why Is Roberta Flack's Influence On Pop So Undervalued?|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804370981/roberta-flack-the-virtuoso|access-date=November 1, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101213939/https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804370981/roberta-flack-the-virtuoso|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2012, Flack released ''[[Let It Be Roberta]]'', an album of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] covers including "[[Hey Jude]]" and "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]". It was her first recording in eight years.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mitchell |first1=Gail |title=Six Questions With Roberta Flack |magazine=Billboard |date=February 18, 2012 |volume=124 |issue=6 |pages=26–27 |issn=0006-2510 |quote=On Feb. 7, the Grammy Award winner released her first project in eight years: Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings the Beatles.}}</ref> Flack knew [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]], as both parties lived in [[The Dakota]] apartment building in New York City and had apartments next door to each other. Flack said that she had been asked to do a second album of Beatles covers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roberta Flack's Long And Winding Road|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/02/18/146942636/roberta-flacks-long-and-winding-road|publisher=[[NPR]]|work=[[Weekend Edition Saturday]]|interviewer=[[Scott Simon]]|date=February 18, 2012|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701182056/http://www.npr.org/2012/02/18/146942636/roberta-flacks-long-and-winding-road|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, she was reported to be involved in an interpretative album of the Beatles' classics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertaflack.com/biography.php |title=Roberta Flack Biography |publisher=Robertaflack.com |access-date=May 23, 2014 |archive-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007203218/http://www.robertaflack.com/biography.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

At the age of 80, Flack recorded "Running" for the closing credits song of the 2018 feature documentary ''[[3100: Run and Become]]'' with music and lyrics by [[Michael A. Levine]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8481848/roberta-flack-running|title=Roberta Flack Returns With New Song 'Running': Premiere|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|date=October 26, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101231111/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8481848/roberta-flack-running|url-status=live}}</ref> She continued to perform into her eighties until she was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and could no longer sing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/roberta-flack-obituary-singer-who-fused-soul-jazz-and-folk-q6gsbmfmt |website=thetimes.com |title=The Times Register: Obituary Roberta Flack |date=25 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref>