Roberta Flack’s final Instagram post was a sweet tribute to Celine Dion as she praised the ‘wondrous’ singer just three days before her death aged 88

Roberta Flack's last Instagram post before she died was a sweet tribute to Celine Dion.

The legendary singer died on Monday at the age of 88 in Manhattan after a heart attack.

And only three days before her heartbreaking death, Roberta praised on the 'Wonderous' Celine, 56, and shares a video of the Canadian singer who covered her famous song, the first time ever I saw your face.

The clip showed Celine in a slim red dress that the stage sustained during her television special, all … A decade of song in November 1999.

The show, which was broadcast by CBS, saw Celine devoted her interpretation to Roberta, who became an international hit for The Late Star in 1972 – three years after she first released her version.

In addition to the video, Roberta wrote: “I am touched and happy to share this clip of the wonderful Celine Dion that adds her luminous shine to 'the first time ever that I saw your face'. Thank you Celine for your love! XOXO R. '

Roberta Flack's last Instagram post Before she died, a sweet tribute to Celine Dion

Only three days before her death, Roberta praised the 'Wonderous' Celine, 56, and shares a video of the Canadian singer who covered her song, the first time ever I saw your face

The mail was received with a number of positive comments from fans, who praised both ladies have been praised of the emotional song – which was originally written in 1957 by the British political singer -songwriter Ewan MacColl for his then Minnaar Peggy Seeger.

A fan wrote: 'Thanks for sharing this, Mrs. Flack. I have never seen this version, and God, what a beautiful tribute to your number. '

While another wrote: 'Celine is a super person! And her voice like Roberta's is incomparable. '

The representatives of Roberta announced her death, but did not offer a cause of death, as reported by Variety.

“We are deeply saddened that the glorious Roberta -Flack this morning, February 24, 2025,” said her representatives in a statement published on Monday.

“She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator. '

Flack's friend and manager Suzzaner Koga told the New York Times that the singer died on his way to the hospital after a cardiac arrest.

Flack announced in 2022 that she had as well known as Lou's disease, and could no longer sing.

The clip showed Celine in a slim red dress that went on stage during her television special, all … A decade of songs in November 1999

The show, which was broadcast by CBS, saw Celine devoted her interpretation to Roberta, who became a huge hit for the deceased star in 1972 – three years after she first released her version

Roberta wrote: “I am touched and happy to share this clip of the wonderful Celine Dion that adds her luminous shine to 'the first time I saw your face'. Thank you Celine for your love! XOXO R '

The intimate vocal and musical style of the Grammy-winning singer and pianist made her one of the best recordings of the 1970s and an influential artist long afterwards.

Flack became an overnight star after Clint Eastwood used the first time that I ever saw your face as the soundtrack for one of the more memorable and explicit love scenes of the cinema, between the actor and Donna Mills in his film Play Misty for me from 1971. '

The Gedempte, hymn-like ballad, with Flack's graceful soprano floating on a bed of soft strings and piano, was at the top of the Billboard Pop Chart in 1972 and received a Grammy for Record of the Year.

In 1973 she both gave me the killing of me gently with his song and became the first artist to win successive Grammy's for Best Record.

Flack's other hits from the 1970s were the pleasant feeling such as making love and two duets with her good friend and former Howard University classmate Donny Hathaway, where is love and the closer I get – a partnership that ended in a tragedy .

The legendary singer died on Monday at the age of 88 in Manhattan after a heart attack [pictured in 2020]

The R&B legend from the 70s was known for hits like gently killing me with his song and the first time ever I saw your face. She was depicted in 1971

In 1979 she and Hathaway worked on an album by Duetten when he suffered a breakdown during the recording and later that night his death fell from his hotel room in Manhattan.

She never corresponded to her first success, although tonight in the 1980s she had a hit with the Peabo Bryson Duet, I celebrated my love and in the 1990s with the Maxi Priest -Duet put the night to music.

In the mid-90s, Flack received new attention after the Fugees had recorded a Grammy-winning cover of Killing Me Softly, which she eventually played on stage with the hip-hop group.

In general, she won five grammies (three to kill me softly), was nominated eight other times and received a lifelong performance Grammy in 2020, with John Legend and Ariana Grande among those who praise her.