She will go down in history as having the prettiest voice put to music. She was lost too soon. She was pretty inside and out. RIP my sister. Your music lives forever!
Earl M. my favorite singer of all time. Spent years trying to emulate "those" notes : finally did it , but doesn't come naturally. She had an amazing gift.
This interview aired in late June 1979 but was filmed in early May of 1979. By the time it was screened however Minnie Riperton was already confined to bed in the final stages of her battle with cancer. If you note during her chat with Mike Douglas, her left arm is immobile and she keeps it stationary due to the effects of her illness. To smile, laugh, make conversation and sing perfectly knowing all the while your body is losing it's fight to a deadly disease and being in great pain. RIP.....
Yeah, but did you notice, her man was NOT in the back, the damn trainer was--her husband stayed close--as he should. I just read too, when she died, it was in his arms--also as it should.
Really messed up "our" people can't be anymore intelligent and not say the dumb ass shit you just did, people who think like you is why some of us want nothing to do with our own race....BTW her husband is Jewish and that is not considered white, so crack open a book or watch a documentary before posting idiot
@@Mclemonade They are so mad because they know their black kang would never do that. There is a video of a BM jumping on top of a car running from a pittbull while telling his daughter to fend for herself. Cynthia G was right about them.
This remarkable woman was in so much pain during this interview. At times you can clearly see she's in pain and somewhat upset (she knew she was dying and didn't have much time left but only a few weeks), but yet you see her smile and laugh as she puts her best face forward.
She seemed so down to earth, like you could just chill with her anytime. Not all famed and glammed out, but talented beyond compare. Beautiful woman, wish she was still around.
And look at the music industry now. It’s all above image, sexiness, and nudity. I was glad she died long before it happened or else she would have been the victim
She was so naturally beautiful. No nudity or profanity. So classy and gorgeous. I wish she was still here. She seemed like an amazing mother too. To Maya and her brother.❤ Rip beautiful queen
Minnie showed such strength and courage during the final stages of her life. Cancer did not ravage or emaciate her beauty. To see her so composed and I know she had to be in a lot of pain. What an amazing woman. Much and love and respect to you Minnie Julia Riperton her inner light still shines😇
I love Minnie Riperton. She may not have been in a lot of pain. She may have had access to adequate amounts of opioid pain relievers which are very effective and very safe and can usually control the pain without knocking you out. Unfortunately politics and economic warfare and propaganda that creates a climate of fear around opioids, and makes physicians fearful about prescribing them, these days people often do not get adequate pain relief.
@@soilmanted It's not that physicians are afraid to prescribe them. It's the government, red-tape and insurance companies that have placed to many restrictions on them being dispensed. Right now you must have basically a terminal disease or end-stage illness before they even consider writing a prescription. I understand and get the reason for the hesitance being the overwhelming misuse of the drugs themselves. However when a person is sick or ill resulting in servere pain they shouldn't have to be in the throws of dying or death to receive opioid drugs. In my honest opinion it is a miscarriage of fiduciary responsibility on behalf of the government and the physician to play Russian roulette with a patients illness. Especially because of the potential for misuse by a select few, which does not determine another individuals level of illness!!!! Out
This aired (6/15/79) almost a month before Minnie passed away, on 7/12/79. Minnie was a very special woman and singer, her voice was angelic and her heart like pure gold. I miss Minnie. Michael Jackson did background vocals on one of her songs called, "Im in love again" which Mike produced & wrote, for Minnie. The song was on Minnie's album entitled: Love lives forever. RIP, Mrs. RIPERTON & Mr. JACKSON. 💖😇👍
JANthebadass In a book or movie it would be beautiful, but in real life, traumatic and heartbreaking for her poor husband. He probably needed therapy. 💔 I understand your opinion though.
+Jessica Williams Wow, you can really see Maya in her mother's eyes, expressions. What a sweet, sweet lady to be able to sit through an interview and sing and not break down knowing she had only a few weeks to live. She was so beautiful but I read that she had extreme lymphedema in her right arm which they tried to disguise with her outfits. I can't believe she could do this when so close to death. She had to be in pain. What a magnificent, brave lady.
I believe that Minnie didn't get a fair break musically. Her talent as a vocalist was beyond extraordinary and surely ahead of it's time. Her music is huge to me. She should have been so much bigger and would have been if it wasn't for illness causing her untimely death. Minnie was every bit of a superstar. A great loss.
My wife and I both loved this song, unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer about two years into our marriage and died about a year later. This song brings back fond memories. Thank you Minnie.
Very sorry for your loss. Lost my Mom to metastatic breast cancer 22 years ago this past Friday (11/10) and it still feels like yesterday. I pray that those fond memories of her will continue to provide comfort to you & your family..... 🙏🏾
So beautiful, had an arm covered because of lymphedema and dying from cancer. Such a lovely voice. I lived in the UK back then and bought her early album. Still have it nothing to play it on now. Lol
For Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph to have been so young, she was very regal. Her attitude and demeanor was that of a professional. Just hearing her voice you get an image of someone that exercised honesty and humility. R.I.P Lovely Lady
Today she could've went to the cancer treatment of America hospital and they've saved her life because they got all the technology that they didn't have in the 1970's and she would've been alive today making her a survivor.
This was less than a month before she passed, if you pay attention to this video and the performances, you'll see that her right arm never moved and was in a fixed position. The cancer spread to her arm. Truly a great singer! I love her and can appreciate her music even though I'm barely 20, RIP Minnie.
I'm always apprehensive and undecided when I'm about to hear Minnie's music. On one hand, she has one of the most beautiful voices I've heard in my life. On the other, listening to her reminds me of her illness and struggle, It just hurts too much.
I love Minnie Riperton's music, and even though the world lost her before I was born, I celebrate her music, and listen to something by her nearly every day. The one song that I can't do that with is "Return to Forever". I believe it was the last song that she ever recorded and, though in my opinion it contains her best vocals, I find myself dissolving into tears on those rare occasions, when I've been brave enough to listen to it.
The fact that not only was she in such horrible pain due to her rapidly advancing terminal cancer, yet she still performed and did interviews with such grace and ease.. *BUT* she also devoted the last few years of her life to being a breast cancer advocate and spokesperson for the American Cancer Society is mind-blowing. What an amazing human being...they just don't make them like Minnie anymore.
OMG I never knew that was a real lion on the Adventures LP! I always thought it was a clever paste up job. Epic records must have been out of their minds to allow that!
Minnie was a gift to us this little lady with a BIG VOICE! Such a sweet and Beautiful soul. When I hear her voice it brings tears to my eyes everytime no matter where I'm at.
If anybody knows anything about what cancer can do then know one day the patient can be lively and dealing with it, then the very next day sometimes a couple of hours comatose! I hate that demon for a disease
Truly one of the American songbirds. I miss her making music. She had just finished recording an album and in between her death and the albums release audio technology had advanced so they went back in the studio and rerecorded the instruments with just her voice track. I can still remember the day she died. Leonard Earl Lee
I never knew who this woman was. One day I heard this song called “inside my love” I was blown away. That was 10 years ago. Today was my first time seeing her and finding out she died young. RIP lil lady. You had an effect on a grown man almost 30 years after you passed away.
Minnie’s glowing! It’s as if God said I’m gonna make you shine just a little bit brighter your last month on earth so that your fans and loved ones know that I’m about to make you an angel!
She was in such a good spirit knowing that she is leaving this evil world. God spoke to this queen and she know she will be going to sing those lovely high notes to other angel. RIP Minnie
And look at the music industry now. It’s all about image, sexiness, and nudity. I was glad she died long before it happened or else she would have been the victim
It's crazy, she died only 6 months after this being aired... I'm 18, and I love all her music. Minnie Riperton, Angela Bofill, Phyllis Hyman... all of them. Ironically, all meeting tragic ends in their careers. Too bad, people can't sing anywhere near as beautifully as the people of this time, before my generation. Damn, I can barely stand the majority of my generations music
Air Date: 06/15/79 date of death July 12, 1979 ( 27days after being aired ) I read an old article recently where it said that she thought she had about another year left ... so sad. It was all about promoting the Minnie album in the wake of her dying. It's amazing she stayed so sunny here though she was really ill. 1
i know this is a nearly ten year old comment but im the same age you were when you made this comment. i hate when people say this because they don't venture out of mainstream music. theres plenty of singers with beautiful voices who just dont get the recognition they deserve, and having that mindset is just ignorant.
Minnie was beautiful inside and out. And what an amazing voice. She only really had one hit single here in the UK and I have loved discovering her music. It is both sad and uplifting at the same time. It is awful to think that if she was still with us this year she would still have only been 70 years old. We don't get to keep the true angels down here on Earth or very long. Rest In Peace, Minnie.
Mike Douglas was such a classy guy. He didn't try to embarrass his guests, just genuinely interested in learning about them for his audience. And Minnie does this interview, charming everyone, even though she had only months to live, and she knew it at the time. Two wonderful people no longer with us. RIP, Mike and Minnie.
Truly incredible when you have such a brave way of appearing publicly and yet knowing there is absolutely no hope for you. I never got to know this lovely woman, but yet I feel close to her. I don't know why. Maybe because I lost both my parents in 2018 and they passed away with pride and bravery, too. I know how it feels to loose somebody very close to you. So yes, R.I.P. dear Minnie! You won't be forgotten.
Man, when I listen to this briliant woman, she brings a huge smile to my face, and at the same time I feel so sad for the fact that she had such a brief life. She passed away in the year I was born. I know it's crazy, but I gotta say, it's too demanding sometimes. Wish you could come from the clouds and sing to us, right at this time... Rest in peace, Minnie.
I remember the first time I heard loving you and i thought...wow someone exists in the world that can hit notes that high??? and her name is Minnie Riperton....There was no one like her.
You see that She cannot move her Right Arm.....and try to hide it as best she can ... she was so in pain at this time and still managed to do live show and interview ... God Bless her
Somehow this is the first time I've seen her speak. What a lovely (and talented and warm) woman she was. I wish she could have stayed with us, and her family, longer. :'(
Seeing this video and then seeing the air date, it's hard to believe that she died less than a month after this aired. She seemed as though she was making such progress but I guess that's the thing with cancer; it's such a deceptive disease. RIP Minnie. You still live on through your wonderful music and through your children and grandchildren.
Amazing knowing she was so sick but just a light absolutely gorgeous and seemed very happy am I the only one who noticed she also seemed at peace . I wish she were here tho with her husband and babies but her wings are probably big and beautiful and singing with her beautiful voice . 🥺
What a beautiful human being so refreshing for an artist. She has no ego at all and very down to earth. Amazing vocal ability and wonderful loving human being rip 💜
You would never know she was sick from this interview. She kept going up till the end. She knew she was dying and she was very vibrant.
Chris Gilrath Courage.
Chris Gilrath Right! Her right arm didn’t even work but there she is acting and behaving like nothing is wrong! She’s amazing! Love that strength!💯💯
Chris Gilrath tragic. Such a cool woman.
@Alain Quartermaine what are you talking about
Inspirational. What an amazing woman!
she knew she was dying and yet she was had so much happiness and light about her.
She was living. And she lived til the end. We are all winding down from the day we start. The only way to avoid that clock is to not be born.
Uisce Preston she have died but at least won’t fall victim to performing sex songs and be naked and stuff.
josef mengele is that a bad thing
josef mengele I not in prosecution rest. I just saying that she won’t have to worry about the industry taking advantage of her.
josef mengele in other words
She was very ill when she made this interview-she was nearing the end. But she still managed to look absolutely beautiful.
She will go down in history as having the prettiest voice put to music. She was lost too soon. She was pretty inside and out. RIP my sister. Your music lives forever!
Earl M. my favorite singer of all time. Spent years trying to emulate "those" notes : finally did it , but doesn't come naturally. She had an amazing gift.
@@jeannestein9312 hi jeanne any of your music available to public
This interview aired in late June 1979 but was filmed in early May of 1979. By the time it was screened however Minnie Riperton was already confined to bed in the final stages of her battle with cancer. If you note during her chat with Mike Douglas, her left arm is immobile and she keeps it stationary due to the effects of her illness.
To smile, laugh, make conversation and sing perfectly knowing all the while your body is losing it's fight to a deadly disease and being in great pain.
RIP.....
WOW great sharing ❤
For a man to jump in front of a lion like that , he really loved her👍🏾 RIP very lovely lady
Deneen Jeffries I thought the same thing, he beat the trainer to hern😢
True
Rudolph loved Minnie, and she knew it.
He really loved her deeply.. If a man is willingly to die for you, you have a great long life person beside you ladies.. 👍🏿❤️
Yes, her husband never remarried after she died. According to Maya, her dad is still distraught over Minnies' death.
What a husband! A man who flew from the back of the room to tackle a lion 🦁to protect his wife is true love! ❤️ 😍
Yeah, but did you notice, her man was NOT in the back, the damn trainer was--her husband stayed close--as he should. I just read too, when she died, it was in his arms--also as it should.
True love indeed, so sad he even knew she was dying from cancer and still reacted like that to protect her for the few months she had left
@@jimquantic 😥😢😭
@@jimquantic I remember when she passed, Maya and her brother were young kids too. It was very sad!
Her husband was a great producer. Not just for Ripperton, but for his second wife, Kimiko Kasai.
I love how her husband was the first on call...true love !
Yes I want me a good white man like Him 💯!
Really messed up "our" people can't be anymore intelligent and not say the dumb ass shit you just did, people who think like you is why some of us want nothing to do with our own race....BTW her husband is Jewish and that is not considered white, so crack open a book or watch a documentary before posting idiot
@@lmuriilo5803 Sis...please please erase this comment.Maybe you were joking and it went over our heads....but some folks might take you seriously.
Y’all big mad bc she knows a white man will probably go above and beyond than a blck man could ever. Do u sis and find ur yt man 😂
@@Mclemonade They are so mad because they know their black kang would never do that. There is a video of a BM jumping on top of a car running from a pittbull while telling his daughter to fend for herself. Cynthia G was right about them.
Her husband jumped to get that lion! To this day u can hear the pain in his voice when he talks about her. She was amazing.
This remarkable woman was in so much pain during this interview. At times you can clearly see she's in pain and somewhat upset (she knew she was dying and didn't have much time left but only a few weeks), but yet you see her smile and laugh as she puts her best face forward.
She seemed so down to earth, like you could just chill with her anytime. Not all famed and glammed out, but talented beyond compare. Beautiful woman, wish she was still around.
And look at the music industry now. It’s all above image, sexiness, and nudity. I was glad she died long before it happened or else she would have been the victim
She was so naturally beautiful. No nudity or profanity. So classy and gorgeous. I wish she was still here. She seemed like an amazing mother too. To Maya and her brother.❤ Rip beautiful queen
Her talking voice is so cute
I thought that her voice was cute too.
I can hear her daughter's voice when speaks. Such a bright person.
Minnie looks so healthy and pretty..hard to believe she died shortly after this interview.
Joey Convery ,Yes it was sad that she died
Such a divine human. She’s so delicate articulate talented. She was robbed of her life. RIP. We will never forget.
Not fair 😢
she was awonderful person its sad that the bank did that to her the only reason why they gave her a bad time with the check was because she was black
AND YOU KNOW IT!!
Minnie showed such strength and courage during the final stages of her life.
Cancer did not ravage or emaciate her beauty. To see her so composed and I
know she had to be in a lot of pain.
What an amazing woman.
Much and love and respect to you Minnie Julia Riperton her inner light still shines😇
How lovely she was and what you said♡
Renee Mickens
Her sister mentioned that she was in pain and didn't understand how she kept going. I Love Minnie's Music 4Ever.
I love Minnie Riperton. She may not have been in a lot of pain. She may have had access to adequate amounts of opioid pain relievers which are very effective and very safe and can usually control the pain without knocking you out. Unfortunately politics and economic warfare and propaganda that creates a climate of fear around opioids, and makes physicians fearful about prescribing them, these days people often do not get adequate pain relief.
@@soilmanted
It's not that physicians are afraid to prescribe them. It's the government, red-tape and insurance companies that have placed to many restrictions on them being dispensed. Right now you must have basically a terminal disease or end-stage illness before they even consider writing a prescription. I understand and get the reason for the hesitance being the overwhelming misuse of the drugs themselves. However when a person is sick or ill resulting in servere pain they shouldn't have to be in the throws of dying or death to receive opioid drugs. In my honest opinion it is a miscarriage of fiduciary responsibility on behalf of the government and the physician to play Russian roulette with a patients illness. Especially because of the potential for misuse by a select few, which does not determine another individuals level of illness!!!!
Out
She had a beautiful spirit
She was so beautiful and so down to earth.
RIP Minnie. Her daughter looks just like her. :)
If any of you don't know who her daughter is it's Maya Rudolph.
This aired (6/15/79) almost a month before Minnie passed away, on 7/12/79. Minnie was a very special woman and singer, her voice was angelic and her heart like pure gold. I miss Minnie. Michael Jackson did background vocals on one of her songs called, "Im in love again" which Mike produced & wrote, for Minnie. The song was on Minnie's album entitled: Love lives forever. RIP, Mrs. RIPERTON & Mr. JACKSON. 💖😇👍
She seemed to have a good sense of humor. Very beautiful person and voice.
Her laugh is just so sweet , innocent and infectious
And her smile too
You could see maya in her when she smiles
This was so sad because you can almost tell she's beginning to speak of herself in the past tense, like she knew she was on her way out. :-(
She died in her husbands arms :) R.I.P- Minnie Riperton
That's beautiful
I can't imagine!..
JANthebadass In a book or movie it would be beautiful, but in real life, traumatic and heartbreaking for her poor husband. He probably needed therapy. 💔 I understand your opinion though.
@@techwiz7947 I guess cause if you have to go,that's the best way to go.
So beautiful
She passed away within a month of this airing. R.I.P.
How'd she die
sully&anthony sings
Breast cancer
+Jessica Williams she looks healthy on this video ...
usuaria youtube
Yes, she does.
+Jessica Williams Wow, you can really see Maya in her mother's eyes, expressions. What a sweet, sweet lady to be able to sit through an interview and sing and not break down knowing she had only a few weeks to live. She was so beautiful but I read that she had extreme lymphedema in her right arm which they tried to disguise with her outfits. I can't believe she could do this when so close to death. She had to be in pain. What a magnificent, brave lady.
I believe that Minnie didn't get a fair break musically. Her talent as a vocalist was beyond extraordinary and surely ahead of it's time. Her music is huge to me. She should have been so much bigger and would have been if it wasn't for illness causing her untimely death. Minnie was every bit of a superstar. A great loss.
My wife and I both loved this song, unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer about two years into our marriage and died about a year later. This song brings back fond memories. Thank you Minnie.
I’m so sorry for your loss ♥️🥲
Very sorry for your loss. Lost my Mom to metastatic breast cancer 22 years ago this past Friday (11/10) and it still feels like yesterday.
I pray that those fond memories of her will continue to provide comfort to you & your family..... 🙏🏾
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Держитесь, милый человек!
От всей души сочувствую Вашей утрате!
Пусть Душа Вашей супруги покоится с миром! ❤
🙏🏽❤️
Her laugh, her voice everything about her was so beautiful
God has a precious soul in His hands
So beautiful, had an arm covered because of lymphedema and dying from cancer. Such a lovely voice. I lived in the UK back then and bought her early album. Still have it nothing to play it on now. Lol
American black queen an icon so sweet beautifull inside out
She’s more mixed than her daughter.
@@iknowhumans9776 she's not mixed. Just stop. Both her parent were black... she is the same complexion as I am, we are black. Get over it.
Robyn Wallace yes girl
For Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph to have been so young, she was very regal. Her attitude and demeanor was that of a professional. Just hearing her voice you get an image of someone that exercised honesty and humility. R.I.P Lovely Lady
Wow she was so beautiful. R.I.P. Minnie Riperton
No! that was my husband.. I know that's rite... I wish you were still here...❤❤❤
Mike: "Was that the trainer?"
Minnie: "No it was my husband."
LOL
Poor Minnie she couldn't move her right arm. I hate cancer, cancer has claimed two of my aunts and my uncle.
Today she could've went to the cancer treatment of America hospital and they've saved her life because they got all the technology that they didn't have in the 1970's and she would've been alive today making her a survivor.
So sorry for your lost 💔. May God continue to bless you!
Cancer claimed my two aunties too
@@yolondacoachman6989 god is blessing him by killing his family? I think I’m fine remaining and Atheist.
@@jakojii sounds like your problem
What a precious and beautiful woman....
This was less than a month before she passed, if you pay attention to this video and the performances, you'll see that her right arm never moved and was in a fixed position. The cancer spread to her arm. Truly a great singer! I love her and can appreciate her music even though I'm barely 20, RIP Minnie.
I cry everytime i see her perform "memory lane " after this interview 🥺😭
what a sweet woman :)
I'm always apprehensive and undecided when I'm about to hear Minnie's music. On one hand, she has one of the most beautiful voices I've heard in my life. On the other, listening to her reminds me of her illness and struggle, It just hurts too much.
I love Minnie Riperton's music, and even though the world lost her before I was born, I celebrate her music, and listen to something by her nearly every day. The one song that I can't do that with is "Return to Forever". I believe it was the last song that she ever recorded and, though in my opinion it contains her best vocals, I find myself dissolving into tears on those rare occasions, when I've been brave enough to listen to it.
R.I.P Minnie
1947-1979
Minnie and Richard were so in love
Yes. Real Love!
She’s so lovely... you cannot even tell she was as sick as she was. 😔💟
She was pretty.
Very beautiful lady according to the air date this was recorded in June but she passed in July .. she did not look sick at all RIP
Cause she wasn't they been killin these celebrities whenever they want to
She was a very pretty lady!!!
The fact that not only was she in such horrible pain due to her rapidly advancing terminal cancer, yet she still performed and did interviews with such grace and ease.. *BUT* she also devoted the last few years of her life to being a breast cancer advocate and spokesperson for the American Cancer Society is mind-blowing. What an amazing human being...they just don't make them like Minnie anymore.
If she had cancer now they could have saved her. Now girls can live with stage four cancer
Her spirit was so vibrant to the end. Beautiful lady.
She was so young n beautiful pass away so young bless her soul
She is absolutely delightful!!! Such a wonderfully gifted and gracious lady!
Wow! Stunningly beautiful woman! RIP
OMG I never knew that was a real lion on the Adventures LP! I always thought it was a clever paste up job. Epic records must have been out of their minds to allow that!
They were! Who would pose with a wild animal?!Crazy!
Minnie was a gift to us this little lady with a BIG VOICE! Such a sweet and Beautiful soul. When I hear her voice it brings tears to my eyes everytime no matter where I'm at.
If anybody knows anything about what cancer can do then know one day the patient can be lively and dealing with it, then the very next day sometimes a couple of hours comatose! I hate that demon for a disease
She was so beautiful and lovely...her voice filled my head as a child of the '70s. 💗 💗 💗
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, AND FANTABULOUS VOICE, ON EARTH! NO VOICE CAN COMPARE TO MINNIE'S GOD GIVEN VOICE!
She seemed like an amazing woman and her hair looked beautiful. RIP
Truly one of the American songbirds. I miss her making music. She had just finished recording an album and in between her death and the albums release audio technology had advanced so they went back in the studio and rerecorded the instruments with just her voice track. I can still remember the day she died. Leonard Earl Lee
what a beautiful woman
HER WONDERFUL AMAZING HUSBAND THOUGH!
I never knew who this woman was. One day I heard this song called “inside my love” I was blown away. That was 10 years ago. Today was my first time seeing her and finding out she died young. RIP lil lady. You had an effect on a grown man almost 30 years after you passed away.
Minnie’s glowing! It’s as if God said I’m gonna make you shine just a little bit brighter your last month on earth so that your fans and loved ones know that I’m about to make you an angel!
So sweet, so graceful & full of class, even her speaking voice is so sweet. so her singing as well.
When I see this Mike Douglas show with her, I can't hold back the tears. Her right arm was in such pain from the cancer.
What a beautiful, beautiful woman... Her inner beauty shines through this interview... God has one beautiful angel singing next to him...
The people in my town in California loved Minnie Riperton tremendously.
She was in such a good spirit knowing that she is leaving this evil world. God spoke to this queen and she know she will be going to sing those lovely high notes to other angel. RIP Minnie
And look at the music industry now. It’s all about image, sexiness, and nudity. I was glad she died long before it happened or else she would have been the victim
No. She wasn’t in good spirits knowing she was leaving her children and life.
such a beautiful soul
wow sobeautiful and what a voice!
Wow this is my first time hearing her speaking voice! Beautiful voice
If she was singing in these times, she would have 90 percent of the female singers standing on the side lines.
It's crazy, she died only 6 months after this being aired...
I'm 18, and I love all her music. Minnie Riperton, Angela Bofill, Phyllis Hyman... all of them. Ironically, all meeting tragic ends in their careers.
Too bad, people can't sing anywhere near as beautifully as the people of this time, before my generation. Damn, I can barely stand the majority of my generations music
Air Date: 06/15/79 date of death July 12, 1979 ( 27days after being aired ) I read an old article recently where it said that she thought she had about another year left ... so sad. It was all about promoting the Minnie album in the wake of her dying. It's amazing she stayed so sunny here though she was really ill.
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ImmortalTheatre94 I am 55 and it makes me sad when I hear folks of your generation realize that today’s music does not measure up. I have to agree
She died weeks later !
i know this is a nearly ten year old comment but im the same age you were when you made this comment. i hate when people say this because they don't venture out of mainstream music. theres plenty of singers with beautiful voices who just dont get the recognition they deserve, and having that mindset is just ignorant.
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It amazes me how she's doing this interview during such a scary time in life and she has a beautiful personality such a pleasant interview RIP Minnie
Minnie was beautiful inside and out. And what an amazing voice. She only really had one hit single here in the UK and I have loved discovering her music. It is both sad and uplifting at the same time. It is awful to think that if she was still with us this year she would still have only been 70 years old. We don't get to keep the true angels down here on Earth or very long. Rest In Peace, Minnie.
Mike Douglas was such a classy guy.
He didn't try to embarrass his guests, just genuinely interested in learning about them for his audience.
And Minnie does this interview, charming everyone, even though she had only months to live, and she knew it at the time.
Two wonderful people no longer with us.
RIP, Mike and Minnie.
Truly incredible when you have such a brave way of appearing publicly and yet knowing there is absolutely no hope for you. I never got to know this lovely woman, but yet I feel close to her. I don't know why. Maybe because I lost both my parents in 2018 and they passed away with pride and bravery, too. I know how it feels to loose somebody very close to you. So yes, R.I.P. dear Minnie! You won't be forgotten.
What a Beautiful Soul She was truly a angel
I missed her so much 😞. She's an amazingly extraordinary wonderful talent! She's a singing perfection. R.I.P. Ms. Minnie Riperton.😘♥️👍
i agree, both are soft spoken and have warm, natural personalities
Minnie's personality was totally captivating. Her humbleness & that sweet lil' midwestern accent. She was so cute.
Man, when I listen to this briliant woman, she brings a huge smile to my face, and at the same time I feel so sad for the fact that she had such a brief life. She passed away in the year I was born. I know it's crazy, but I gotta say, it's too demanding sometimes. Wish you could come from the clouds and sing to us, right at this time...
Rest in peace, Minnie.
She passed away in the same year of another sad passing, decades later------Aaliyah
aw, lol she is so sweet im glad she knows the lion wasnt trying to hurt her he wasnt i hope was ok too man i love her beautiful angel
I remember the first time I heard loving you and i thought...wow someone exists in the world that can hit notes that high??? and her name is Minnie Riperton....There was no one like her.
RIH she seemed to be such a lovely person🙌🏾👌🏾🙏🏾
Today they would Photoshop the lion.
Yep, you wouldn't even need him in the same room, just a little video editing would have done the trick.
And cgi the vid
Today it would be a virtual interview lol
CGI
Gosh-- even her talking voice is beautiful.
i love her an i love her laugh! its so cute..........
She IS a beautiful angel 💫🌞🌟
Chante Moore has the whistle register , she pays wonderful homage to Minnie as does Miki Howard to Billie Holiday
She has the most beautiful soul
a beautiful soul the perfect angel......her music is played so much at my home I will always love her.
"The Lion just wanted to play" (*hee hee*) She was just too cute!!!!
Such a shame this gifted lady with the voice of an angel passed away so fast :(
Damn, I'd never seen her talk before.
She was so pleasant and elegant and effortlessly graceful. True beauty and true talent.
R.I.P Minnie.
You see that She cannot move her Right Arm.....and try to hide it as best she can ... she was so in pain at this time and still managed to do live show and interview ... God Bless her
Somehow this is the first time I've seen her speak. What a lovely (and talented and warm) woman she was. I wish she could have stayed with us, and her family, longer. :'(
Lovely woman....lovely soul....
She was one pretty woman especially to be in the end stages of cancer. Inspiring. Tammy Faye was inspiring too
Is this this the emperors new clothes? No disrespect but Tammy Faye looked so ill at the end. Are you okay?
@@michele2855 🤭
She passed away a few weeks after this. What a brave woman…what a talent..what a beauty
Seeing this video and then seeing the air date, it's hard to believe that she died less than a month after this aired. She seemed as though she was making such progress but I guess that's the thing with cancer; it's such a deceptive disease. RIP Minnie. You still live on through your wonderful music and through your children and grandchildren.
Amazing knowing she was so sick but just a light absolutely gorgeous and seemed very happy am I the only one who noticed she also seemed at peace . I wish she were here tho with her husband and babies but her wings are probably big and beautiful and singing with her beautiful voice . 🥺
She died about a month later. Way too young. Such a beautiful woman, such an awesome talent.
Sooo talented. Did you hear her sci-fi note? Truly remarkable. Love always. R.I.P Minnie
What a beautiful human being so refreshing for an artist. She has no ego at all and very down to earth. Amazing vocal ability and wonderful loving human being rip 💜