I was an intern at Cedars-Sinai Medical center in Los Angeles and on duty that July 12,1979 and I remember the nurses and patients crying and I asked them what's was going on .And they said Minnie Riperton had just passed.I remember being in a daze the rest of my shift and for weeks after .
Wow! That's an incredible story. I was living in Hollywood at that time. I was only 11. And was already aware of her as well as her last single Memory Lane already being a popular tune on black radio. Her death was devastating to me, and from that moment on is when I was made aware of breast cancer as a child.
Fact: She is buried approx. 40 ft from Marilyn Monroe and 30 ft from Natalie Wood. I been their I've paid my respects to all those lovely ladies in Westwood, CA
It is so gutwrenching to know that Minnie was very sick here and still had such a bright spirit about her. It's clear she was just a very genuinely kind person with incredible talent. She will be so missed.
I remember my brother and I were going to get something to eat and we heard over the car radio that she had died. I pulled over to the side of the road and we both shed some tears as we started to talk about her song, "Back Down Memory Lane". It was a touching moment between me and my brother. RIP Minnie Riperton.......
I was 19 at the time. I was getting ready for work. I heard the report of Minnie's death. I was shocked. I cried like a baby. I remember when I first saw her on T.V. I thought she was so pretty. I started wearing flowers in my hair. The day she passed, the radio station in New Orleans (WYLD) played get music all day. What a treasure we lost.
my mother was five years old, and she says she remembers that day, as well! we're in new orleans and she says she remembers that station playing her music all day. she wasn't really sure what happened, but she knew it was something tragic. rip ms. minnie riperton!
She was so sick at this time with breast cancer that spread through out her body. In fact she lost all use of her right arm and needed help just to walk during taping of this show. She died about a month later. RIP Minnie
She was actually dying of cancer here, she looked good with all the weight she put on from the treatments. Couldn't move her right arm. She died less than 1month after this was aired.
She's gorgeous, I remember when this song was on the radio,. The 70s was a great time for music so many talented musicians/bands/singers., What a great era to experience as a kid/teenager
Such an exquisite human being a beautiful person inside and out. You would think after all these years they would have a cure for breast cancer---all that money raised not to mention the research and they have not ended the disease????What is wrong with this picture??? She left us Maya Rudolph another beautiful person and so immensely talented------Minnie's husband penned a song entitled "Now that I have you" which she did not get the chance to record because of her untimely death. The song was then given to legend Teena Marie who recorded the song for her LadyT album. Teena who co-produced the album with Minnie's husband Richard Rudolph is the godmother to Minnie's daughter Maya! Small world!
Cancer is not one disease but thousands. Breast cancer in women Minnie's age is especially aggressive, usually triple negative & not responsive to estrogen/progesterone therapies. Still, survival rates have improved dramatically in the last few decades. They've discovered the BRCA gene mutations since then as well as Lynch Syndrome which predisposes to breast & other cancers which is a huge step too. But yeah, there's unlikely to ever be a single "cancer cure" because it's too complex & individual a problem.
I'm sitting here about 10 years older than she was then and thinking how refined, mature, poised, and intelligent she was. truly ahead of the curve. a genius.
Minnie, you had the chops to tame that beast...Hit one of those ABBA GABBA notes that you pull out of the stratosphere, and he would have sat his "A" right down...Lol...Beauty, and the Beast...SIEP dear heart...BTW, your son is so handsome, and your daughter is beautiful, and crazy as hell...A great comedian...I just love her life...
Pple make me sick, why is it so impossible for them to remember when Minnie passed away becuz they were working there at the hospital at the time. Although l wasn't a full grown Adult at the time of her death, l was big and l remember when it was announced that she had passed, it was a very sad time, they had been playing her music that entire wknd in remembrance. 😢
That’s what I was thinking as well. He attacked for a reason I’m spiritual so nothing is a coincidence to me. Plus animals especially cats can see spirits. No disrespect to her at all
Possibly to keep the television audience from focusing too much on her chest and arm; by then everyone knew she had cancer, and only she knew that she was terminal - she might've wanted this last interview to focus on her as a living person, and not as a dying cancer patient.
Never said that this is recorded before she died is accurate . This video is the beef or she died that's why i was recorded and you can't tell the cancer had spread to her on she couldn't move it.
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I was an intern at Cedars-Sinai Medical center in Los Angeles and on duty that July 12,1979 and I remember the nurses and patients crying and I asked them what's was going on .And they said Minnie Riperton had just passed.I remember being in a daze the rest of my shift and for weeks after .
Wow! That's an incredible story. I was living in Hollywood at that time. I was only 11. And was already aware of her as well as her last single Memory Lane already being a popular tune on black radio. Her death was devastating to me, and from that moment on is when I was made aware of breast cancer as a child.
Thanks for sharing. So sad.
My uncle was there that day. He tells us the story all the time
@@marka.5135 So you were close from the room and you talked to the people who were in it ? Wow
@@donlewis5097 in details ?
hard to believe she would pass away less than a month later. She looks perfectly healthy here. RIP.
I agree
Fact: She is buried approx. 40 ft from Marilyn Monroe and 30 ft from Natalie Wood. I been their I've paid my respects to all those lovely ladies in Westwood, CA
It is so gutwrenching to know that Minnie was very sick here and still had such a bright spirit about her. It's clear she was just a very genuinely kind person with incredible talent. She will be so missed.
I remember my brother and I were going to get something to eat and we heard over the car radio that she had died. I pulled over to the side of the road and we both shed some tears as we started to talk about her song, "Back Down Memory Lane". It was a touching moment between me and my brother. RIP Minnie Riperton.......
I was 19 at the time. I was getting ready for work. I heard the report of Minnie's death. I was shocked. I cried like a baby. I remember when I first saw her on T.V. I thought she was so pretty. I started wearing flowers in my hair. The day she passed, the radio station in New Orleans (WYLD) played get music all day. What a treasure we lost.
my mother was five years old, and she says she remembers that day, as well! we're in new orleans and she says she remembers that station playing her music all day. she wasn't really sure what happened, but she knew it was something tragic. rip ms. minnie riperton!
A voice that will NEVER be duplicated. Whistle register is phenomenal! Effortless!
She was so sick at this time with breast cancer that spread through out her body. In fact she lost all use of her right arm and needed help just to walk during taping of this show. She died about a month later. RIP Minnie
She was actually dying of cancer here, she looked good with all the weight she put on from the treatments. Couldn't move her right arm. She died less than 1month after this was aired.
She kept her humour in that interview.
I'll always love Minnie! She was such a wonderful, talented, and beautiful woman. God bless her heart! sc
Big Pharma and big, big and I meanbig money
The fact that she could still sing like that. A true angel
She's gorgeous, I remember when this song was on the radio,. The 70s was a great time for music so many talented musicians/bands/singers., What a great era to experience as a kid/teenager
Lucky you.
@angierucker, you're absolutely right...We'll never witnessed that again in this life time!...
Such an exquisite human being a beautiful person inside and out. You would think after all these years they would have a cure for breast cancer---all that money raised not to mention the research and they have not ended the disease????What is wrong with this picture??? She left us Maya Rudolph another beautiful person and so immensely talented------Minnie's husband penned a song entitled "Now that I have you" which she did not get the chance to record because of her untimely death. The song was then given to legend Teena Marie who recorded the song for her LadyT album. Teena who co-produced the album with Minnie's husband Richard Rudolph is the godmother to Minnie's daughter Maya! Small world!
@lucy bond so true
Cancer is not one disease but thousands. Breast cancer in women Minnie's age is especially aggressive, usually triple negative & not responsive to estrogen/progesterone therapies. Still, survival rates have improved dramatically in the last few decades. They've discovered the BRCA gene mutations since then as well as Lynch Syndrome which predisposes to breast & other cancers which is a huge step too. But yeah, there's unlikely to ever be a single "cancer cure" because it's too complex & individual a problem.
Gosh, this woman just exuded beauty in every possible way! Voice (singing & speaking), looks & personality. Legend!
I didn't know she was Maya Rudouph's mother! She died so soon. My parents love her music. RIP Minnie 😢💖💖
I just want to say, you are beautiful. Thank you for your years of talent.
Thank you Mike Douglas. She was featured on his show several times. May you both R.I.P
she's beautiful
She reminds me of janet Jackson
What a beautiful soul she was and she lives on in her music!!!!!
What an unbelievable voice! I loved watching the Mike Douglas show after school. He was great too.
😧that science fiction effect was too perfect !
She was my inspiration her voice and attitude is my memory lane reminds me of my beautiful wife 😍 thank you so much minnie
i cant believe how healthy she looks just before she was about to die
she was beautiful
She reminds me a lot like Deniece Williams. She has open doors for so many up coming singers. ❤️
Miss you sooo much Minnie!
She was so classy, beautiful and talented.... so sad what happened to her.... not fair.
She was so talented and beautiful.
God bless you minnie riperton breaks your heart to see her hear beautiful lady whitney Houston couldnt hold a candle to her! Sleep well lovely lady
Did not know anything about her until TV One's Unsung. It's a heart breaker and a must-see.
I love you so much. Your voice is heaven sent where you are
Linda mulher com uma linda voz! Saudades eternas, Minnie!
Her last interview? :'(
This was June, 15, 1979 . She dead less than one month after this (July, 12, 1979).
Thiffany Hills This was her last televised inteview but the last one was for a magazine
Thank you! So this was the las time we could see her in movements. :/
Thiffany Hills No. She still performed on The Merv Griffin on July 6 :)
Oh I'II take a look. Thanks! :)
+Thi Hills OMG! I'm glad you're also looking up to Minnie Riperton. I'm a lamb too and I really appreciate and love your videos! :-*
Maya Rudolph's (Saturday Night Live!) Mom! They look and seem so much alike.
Rest with the ancestors queen🙏🏾💞
She's resting with the demons, since she didn't denounce her sorority.
That's the same outfit she wore in her video Memory Lane. She had to record this the same day.
Fabulous woman...
Minnie Riperton died on this day July 12, 1979 40 years ago.
only 31
Beautiful
Funny and beautiful! R.I.P. Minnie Riperton!!!!!!!
Simply Beautiful....the voice of a "Perfect Angel".........R.I.P.........The Late Legendary
Ms. Minnie Riperton.......you are so truly missed!!!
Oh my gosh Minnie was just as beautiful as she sings.....
....had record shop at that time. man so sad LP with memory lane. 💖
what An beautiful soul. Love you , Minnie. may God bless.
She had such a beautiful heart. Only the good die young, I guess.
Wow the older she became the more beautiful and elegant she was peer talented and loved my many ❤️❤️❤️
I'm sitting here about 10 years older than she was then and thinking how refined, mature, poised, and intelligent she was. truly ahead of the curve. a genius.
she was a very cool lady from what i'm seeing i just hate that she died very young at the age of 31
Voice of an Angel
Much missed.
Beautiful inside out!
She was so delightful
Minnie, you had the chops to tame that beast...Hit one of those ABBA GABBA notes that you pull out of the stratosphere, and he would have sat his "A" right down...Lol...Beauty, and the Beast...SIEP dear heart...BTW, your son is so handsome, and your daughter is beautiful, and crazy as hell...A great comedian...I just love her life...
i love minnie riperton she is my musical idol
Wow! She was attacked by a lion! Who knew!!! This footage was so scary!
Wow, she was very talented.
Such a queen
I absolutely never knew about this interview
70`s, Pop, R&B, Child Star Singer-Songwriter stopped by.
SUPERSTAR! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Her poor kids. She was only 31 when she died.
Angel xxxx
Shes beautiful R.I.P
The great woman ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Minnie, maravilhosa.
OMG!
Within the space of a few days in June she was confined in bed... hard to believe.
strong person!
Love u.
The only thing is that cancer had paralyzed her right hand and arm; that's why she doesn't move it.
Pple make me sick, why is it so impossible for them to remember when Minnie passed away becuz they were working there at the hospital at the time. Although l wasn't a full grown Adult at the time of her death, l was big and l remember when it was announced that she had passed, it was a very sad time, they had been playing her music that entire wknd in remembrance. 😢
I wonder if the lion could tell she was sick. Animals can smell cancer.
That’s what I was thinking as well. He attacked for a reason I’m spiritual so nothing is a coincidence to me. Plus animals especially cats can see spirits. No disrespect to her at all
RIP
she was a wonder
Why did they make the camera so tight.
Possibly to keep the television audience from focusing too much on her chest and arm; by then everyone knew she had cancer, and only she knew that she was terminal - she might've wanted this last interview to focus on her as a living person, and not as a dying cancer patient.
Daaaaaaaaaammmn a month before she past......so sad.... evil shyt out here...
You can tell she was hurting because she never moved her right arm
Love the bank story
She looks like my grandma❤
Uma Pena Morreu Muito Nova Se Fosse Viva Estaria Com Setenta Anos
Omg lol she sounds like her daughter
A five octave Angel.
What a beautiful women
puts...morreu um mês depois dessa entrevista ,,,,que triste...tão nova
So thats what happened to her arm. kidding. She was the best in the business. Deeply missed. Never forgotten.
Where would r and be At if she was around one of Chicagos finest
Translation: What would R&B be like if Minnie were around today? She was one of Chicago's finest. Is that what you meant to say?
I wonder when this was actually recorded???? Anybody know???
I think it was like that April or something like that. It wasn't too too long before she passed.
wow! mshoneybee720, you lookin good
End of June 1979, less than a month before she passed (July 12, 1979)
wtf with that LION?
I can't believe in your ausênce 😢
Never said that this is recorded before she died is accurate . This video is the beef or she died that's why i was recorded and you can't tell the cancer had spread to her on she couldn't move it.
huh?
words?
Yikes! That kitty cat!
You really believe that? I saw Unsung he seemed really hurt and sad.
Was the lion hurt
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Minnie is the reincarnation of Mariaha Carey...❤
The lion was cancer
it probably could tell