Roberta Flack discovered Lori Lieberman’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song” on a plane from L.A. to New York, and made it her own. “Roberta Flack” is now streaming: https://to.pbs.org/3kwj0sR [VID: Footage of Roberta Flack and Lori Lieberman performing. Transcript: I had gone out to California to do a special, got on the plane in L.A. to come back to New York, by myself, and I opened the brochure that describes what music you can select, and there's a song, "Killing Me Softly With His Song." Hmm