Roberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says – Dallas Post Tribune

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Roberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says – Dallas Post Tribune

NEW YORK (AP) — A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing. The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release. “But it will take a lot more […]

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