Roberta Flack Says Disease Has Left Her Unable To Sing

Roberta Flack, most popular for tunes like "Destroying Me Delicately," has been determined to have ALS.

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His representative said for this present week

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That the infection has made him unfit to sing.

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ALS causes nerve cells

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The individuals who quit working deliberate muscles and pass on.

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Grammy-winning performer Roberta Flack has been determined to have amyotrophic parallel sclerosis.

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Otherwise called ALS or Lou Gehrig's infection.

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