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Music flows in Roberta Flack ’Celebration of Life’ memorial featuring Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder

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Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill perform at Roberta Flack's memorial service at historic Harlem church.

Flack ’s songs “ The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “ Killing Me Softly with His Song ” made her a global star in the 1970s and beyond.

She died last month at age 88 .

Roberta Flack leaves behind a rich repertoire of music that avoids categorization.

Her debut, “First Take,” wove soul, jazz, flamenco, gospel and folk into one revelatory package.

Actor Phylicia Rashad remembered first seeing Flack perform when she was a student at Howard University .

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