The woman was dying a painful death (her arm is fixed in one position) and she still managed to turn in a terrific performance. That's just incredible. A professional to the very end..... An end that tragically came far too soon....... R.I.P MInnie......
Mattie Anti She had developed breast cancer and by this point it was too painful to even lift her arm. From what my mom said most people didn’t even know
Mattie Anti she had lymphedema which is fluid backing up in the tissues because there are no lymph nodes. The fluid had no place to circulate so it pooled in her arm. It is a common side effect of a mastectomy and in the 70s there wasn’t much that could be done especially when they were trying to save women from dying.
Me too Alexis, it gets me every time no matter how many time I hear it. This song was written as a goodbye to her family when her cancer returned & became terminal. At least she went in her husband's arms
Honestly as a grown as man that shit be putting me in tears even though I wasnt even born at this time. Its like her sympathy emanates and shes the kinda person you know doesnt deserve such a fate
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 .
What bravery! She knew she was terminally ill but performed until the end. She cant even move her arm due to the cancer. So glad she lives on through her talented daughter!
+rockysocky when i looked at the video im cryin right now she was a legend lord knows i wander why she had to get that dreaded disease so early her talent was glory
In her final singing appearances on television (most notably on the Mike Douglas Show), her right arm would remain in a fixed position during her performances. By mid-June, she was confined to bed. She entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on July 10. On Thursday, July 12 at 10 am, while lying in her husband's arms, Riperton died while listening to a recording Stevie Wonder had made for her. That Sunday, following a funeral service attended by more than five hundred mourners, Riperton was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Her epitaph is the opening line of her most famous song: "Lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful." Wiki
If you ever wanted to know what singing for your life is KNOW YOU KNOW! This is heartbreaking she's literally pleading for her life in front of the world seeing her eyes glass over at the end is so sad.I didn't know who she was dead before I was born.Her voice is unmatched her story is sad but her legacy is Great many have tried but none have surpassed what Minnie did in her short time here.I think she did this show as a goodbye kiss to her fans
Thinking of the pain that she had to be in during this performance and that she knew it was close to the end (she lost use of her right arm), this is especially touching and brings tears to my eyes...
I felt this welling up of emotion at 2:37 especially when she sang "I don't wanna go". Just contrasting this with the fact that she would be dead less than a month after this, is quite painful. Yet her bravery to go public with her diagnosis and her sheer drive is testament to her grace and dignity. We saw the same dogged determination to keep on recording from the likes of Freddie Mercury as well, despite the grim circumstances. These people will never be forgotten x
I swear i wanna cry right now! My late grandma Lil loved Minnie Ripperton!! This was her Songggggggg!! You guys will never understand!! lol But I dedicate this to my Grandma! Love & miss you so very much!!
Every time I see this video clip...I hold back tears because she knew she was about to die and her beautiful family. Her husband still loves her today as he did the day he married her. That kind of love is extremely rare.
This song is definitely dedicated to my decease Aunt who passed January 8th 2022 from organ failure/covid/pneumonia. Still hurts me to this day that she is gone, still in disbelief to see her go like that. She will forever be missed. Tearing up writing this. My heart is torn in pieces. She was like a mother to me. Every birthday is different for me now.
@@Aaaykaay I don't find Maya Rudolph to be particularly talented either honestly, but she is Minnie's daughter and I'm sure she has Minnie's beautiful soul in her too. People are multifaceted and as annoying as her comedy work can be, I know that she loves and understands Minnie better than you and I ever could. I bet she would be great to meet and talk to.
When Minnie Was Sick She Sang This Song Truly From Her ❤ And Soul Cause She Didn't Want To Leave Her Husband And Children And Family Friends R.I.P. Beautiful Angel
This song was released in May 1979 right near the end of my junior year in high school. A classmate and I were working a summer job that July when the news broke about Minnie Riperton. We were sad. Radio stations kept playing "Back Down Memory Lane". I still can't listen to that song; it takes me back to that summer day. Plus, hearing her heartfelt plea, "Save me, SAVE ME...!" makes me cry. 😢
What a strong voice but in a very relaxing and pleasant way. Her beauty is flourishing in that room. I can tell her voice is one of the finest and best as well.
This is so tragic... I believe this was her last interview in the last song she sang on an interview... She was near the end, and still so courageous and beautiful and strong... May God keep her memory in his loving arms and I am hoping to meet her one day in paradise.
I was only 9 when she passed but i remember crying like she was a family member..I had just really realized I had a voice..and I loved hers! I'm crying now because she was like no other!!
This made me so emotional, especially at the end, as everyone is saying. Her eyes were filling up and so were mine. She did what she loved until the end and accomplished so much in a far too short life. She left an amazing legacy though, through her music and her children. Her son continues it by working as a music engineer in the industry she loved. Her daughter continues it by being a performer as well, only in comedy instead of music. I’m sure she is proud of them. RIP.
Я узнала о ней сейчас, в 2024. Боже! Как же мне жаль её😢😢😢 Милая, милая женщина! Любая мать поймет, как страшно оставить своих детей в этом мире, если приходится умирать... 😢 И как обидно, жалко, страшно умирать самой.. особенно во цвете лет. Покойся с Миром, Минни! 💔
Many of us didn't like it when we had to walk down our own memory lane...but Minnie with her Goddess voice and truly honest words helped many of us get back up and keep on moving...
When music was played live in the recording studio! Passion and real feelings. If you couldn't sing on key you would not get a record deal. There was no auto- tune back in the those glorious musical days! Loved this song since i first heard it back in my youth!
My precious mom introduced me to Minnie's music as a young child. When she recorded this live song & interview she was very sick but her voice was still beautiful. Her husband & her was a true love story until the end.
My Late Daddy My Mommie Kept Telling Him Not To Leave Her And My Daddy Said He Didn't Wanna Go But In His ❤ He Didn't Wanna Leave My Mommie They Had And My Mommie Till This Day She Kept They Had For Each Other Still Going Strong
Galactic Beauty No, she didn't. If you're talking about that little dip in her whistle note, that same dip is in the recording. If you really concentrate, you can hear it. Aside from that, the vocals are exactly the same, as a whole, as the recording.
Nah. I know every performance couldn't be sung live back then. I love live ones, though. So sometimes I feel cheated seeing a lip-synced one. No problem.
TheLanard I was just messing with you. But you're right sometimes they cheat the public and lipsync. I seen one performer who was off the chain and that was Teena Marie. I seen her in Culver City, California. I also seeing Parliament Funkadelic years ago, now I refuse to waste my money.
Beautiful, Graceful Queen! She's gorgeous even with all she's going through. I was a baby when this came out! I'm looking at this to remind me to keep going no matter what even though I hope I never have a battle like that.
I was there as she sang her last performance. I’d followed her from her early recordings in the early 70s (“Come to My Garden”). Many, many years later, this performance still brings me to tears.
I was 9 years old when she died, love her voice so much! A brave, and great woman who fought breast cancer till the end. RIP Minnie.... Still love you..
This is 2018 in Chicago Minnie with to Hyde park high school an I love her music today and my aunt with to school with her an she said that she was a beautiful person for ccmaxie47.
Back in the early 80s my big cousin had the vinyl record of , loving you. She would play it all the time and would intrigue all us kids on how Minnie Ripperton had died of cancer and had sang this song for her daughter. I vividly remember feeling sorrow all the times she played it and as she told that story over and over again.
This beautiful woman died a year before I was born....my parents always spoke (and speak, my dad still here) about her. I grew up with her music..... to imagine She's been gone now longer than she lived. I was Minnie's age when my mom passed. To put into perspective how young she was.....Beyonce, Rihanna and Alicia Keys to name but a few have all lived longer than her. Aaliyah was born the year Minnie died. When Aaliyah died...I wondered what musical talent was being born then..... God bless her soul.
What a strong woman. To know her cancer was so bad here that she couldn’t move her arm.. and that she would pass away the next month.. that’s just crazy. What a person. She would be SO proud of Maya.. and not just because of her fame but because Maya is such a genuinely great person.
The Unsung episode of her life u really get the feeling that her husband still misses and talks about her like she died yesterday so much heartfelt emotion. I remember when the story broke we were all so sad and in disbelief, so talented and so young.
Hard to watch this without getting teary eyed. Can’t even imagine the pain this amazing woman went through and to still be able to sing perfectly. Like many people I’ve lost relatives to cancer and I’ve seen how much they suffer. She is a true inspiration! heart goes out to her children and husband 😢😢 xx
Damn man this bought a tear to my eye! My favorite female singer. She died to young but left the world with an inceedible gift.I was born in 1980 and growing up in Chicago I knew all about Minnie. You can see her face all in Mays. This is so touching. Lost my mom to cancer and hope this song heals all who have lost a loved one to that horrible disease.
Happy heavenly 74th birthday to songbird Minnie Riperton. Blessed with an angelic 5 octave vocal range. The tragic death of 31year old Minnie Riperton in 1979 silenced one of soul music's most unique and unforgettable voices.
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The woman was dying a painful death (her arm is fixed in one position) and she still managed to turn in a terrific performance. That's just incredible. A professional to the very end..... An end that tragically came far too soon.......
R.I.P MInnie......
lucky gem....
Mattie Anti She had developed breast cancer and by this point it was too painful to even lift her arm. From what my mom said most people didn’t even know
Mattie Anti she had lymphedema which is fluid backing up in the tissues because there are no lymph nodes. The fluid had no place to circulate so it pooled in her arm. It is a common side effect of a mastectomy and in the 70s there wasn’t much that could be done especially when they were trying to save women from dying.
woohooboy I said the same thing I just can’t even imagine how much pain she had to be in such an amazing women. I will be 31 this May I can’t imagine.
Mattie Anti her cancer relapsed and ended up being in her arm. I read about it on ebony magazine from google reads.
Her episode of Unsung was one of the saddest ever. She kept saying over and over, "I don't want to leave my babies'. So sad.
Fatima Jones check out Tammi Terrell's episode... I cried on that one too
its sad on most of our soul legends .... i think its time we celebrate the living and life and appreciate those past
Where can I watch it. Ive tried to look for it and can't find it :(
Look up unsung Minnie Riperton
I was 11yrs old, living in Chicago, completely heartbroken&crying!!!
However, Phyllis Hyman & Tammi Terrell, we're just as sad?!?
when she started saying "I don't want to go" and "save me" I couldn't help but cry R.I.P MINNIE
Me too Alexis, it gets me every time no matter how many time I hear it. This song was written as a goodbye to her family when her cancer returned & became terminal. At least she went in her husband's arms
Yes....it grips me with sadness. You can feel and hear it in her voice..
+Lisa Gayden you can
Honestly as a grown as man that shit be putting me in tears even though I wasnt even born at this time. Its like her sympathy emanates and shes the kinda person you know doesnt deserve such a fate
Same I'm sad she had to die😪😪😪😥😥😥😢😢😭😭😭
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 .
Omg that was hard
Hugs 🙏🏾
Tell us more please.
Wow I know that was beyond hard. I couldn't imagine.
Yes! I grew up in Inglewood. A neighbor told us about that! Minnie Riperton was so loved, and she still is! Rest in Heaven, Ms. Riperton.
"I don't wanna go" we didn't want you to, either, Minnie =(
We sure didn't want her to leave us in tears now oh my lord! She singing with angels now in heaven.
+Eric Blade My God, the lyrics are heartbreaking..."Save me, Sa-a-a-ve me!" and she's gone 3 weeks later. What an angel.
Ruben Stoddard first album
How true that was and still is.
+Tia Mia 😞😞😞😞
What bravery! She knew she was terminally ill but performed until the end. She cant even move her arm due to the cancer. So glad she lives on through her talented daughter!
+rockysocky when i looked at the video im cryin right now she was a legend lord knows i wander why she had to get that dreaded disease so early her talent was glory
If it was breast cancer why did it affect her arm
Because of the lymph nodes they take which also causes fluid to build up in the arm on that side of a mastectomy
She also has a son who is music engineer.
cool
She died while doing what she loved. That's dedication. RIP
you rite
She died in a hospital
Yet she sang her heart out to the end, despite the pain.
Such a talent thevouce of an angel, she was to pass less than a month after this.
The song you are hearing is the album version, not live
In her final singing appearances on television (most notably on the Mike Douglas Show), her right arm would remain in a fixed position during her performances. By mid-June, she was confined to bed. She entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on July 10. On Thursday, July 12 at 10 am, while lying in her husband's arms, Riperton died while listening to a recording Stevie Wonder had made for her. That Sunday, following a funeral service attended by more than five hundred mourners, Riperton was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Her epitaph is the opening line of her most famous song: "Lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful."
Wiki
If you ever wanted to know what singing for your life is KNOW YOU KNOW! This is heartbreaking she's literally pleading for her life in front of the world seeing her eyes glass over at the end is so sad.I didn't know who she was dead before I was born.Her voice is unmatched her story is sad but her legacy is Great many have tried but none have surpassed what Minnie did in her short time here.I think she did this show as a goodbye kiss to her fans
Too sad but true
What kind of sick person would dislike this?
Khalid exactly 8 of them sickos disliked this video
An asshole! That's why the world is fckd up now!
Khalid, I know, right? Some people are just stupid and insensitive.
You said the key word sick
41 now 🙄
Thinking of the pain that she had to be in during this performance and that she knew it was close to the end (she lost use of her right arm), this is especially touching and brings tears to my eyes...
I wouldn't say she lost use of her arm.. She had extreme lymphedema
I felt this welling up of emotion at 2:37 especially when she sang "I don't wanna go". Just contrasting this with the fact that she would be dead less than a month after this, is quite painful. Yet her bravery to go public with her diagnosis and her sheer drive is testament to her grace and dignity.
We saw the same dogged determination to keep on recording from the likes of Freddie Mercury as well, despite the grim circumstances. These people will never be forgotten x
I swear i wanna cry right now! My late grandma Lil loved Minnie Ripperton!! This was her Songggggggg!! You guys will never understand!! lol But I dedicate this to my Grandma! Love & miss you so very much!!
God Bless you and grandma Lil, NellyBelle.
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Thank you love!! So appreciate it!! Blessings to you!
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Why wouldn't we understand!?
@@sergiogalindo3024 I meant that in a way that that soft spot in my heart for her is at a slow heal. And listening to this just..
The last verse "Save me, save me," which is just cut off at the end of the video is heartrending.
Every time I see this video clip...I hold back tears because she knew she was about to die and her beautiful family. Her husband still loves her today as he did the day he married her. That kind of love is extremely rare.
This song is definitely dedicated to my decease Aunt who passed January 8th 2022 from organ failure/covid/pneumonia. Still hurts me to this day that she is gone, still in disbelief to see her go like that. She will forever be missed. Tearing up writing this. My heart is torn in pieces. She was like a mother to me. Every birthday is different for me now.
I didn't realize just how pretty she was and that voice wow
WOW. maya is really a spitting image. especially those profile shots.
Yes but she cannot sing like her Mom.
Maya isn't the beautiful soul her mother was and I'm 40 years old, but I can tell that the other had class and grace. Maya doesn't exude it.
@@Aaaykaay I don't find Maya Rudolph to be particularly talented either honestly, but she is Minnie's daughter and I'm sure she has Minnie's beautiful soul in her too. People are multifaceted and as annoying as her comedy work can be, I know that she loves and understands Minnie better than you and I ever could. I bet she would be great to meet and talk to.
Oh dear! A mariah and minnie duet would've been out of this world! The harmonies they would produce with their whistle notes!
Wow...Didn’t even realize her daughter is Actress Maya Rudolf. Now I see the resemblance.
Rip Minnie
When Minnie Was Sick She Sang This Song Truly From Her ❤ And Soul Cause She Didn't Want To Leave Her Husband And Children And Family Friends R.I.P. Beautiful Angel
this always chokes me up, probably because her voice was like a little birdy and she died way too young.
This song was released in May 1979 right near the end of my junior year in high school. A classmate and I were working a summer job that July when the news broke about Minnie Riperton. We were sad. Radio stations kept playing "Back Down Memory Lane". I still can't listen to that song; it takes me back to that summer day. Plus, hearing her heartfelt plea, "Save me, SAVE ME...!" makes me cry. 😢
Happy birthday Queen. 70th birthday today. RIP.
this was one of her very last performances before she passed.. her right arm (the one holding the mic cord) is actually Paralyzed
Myndstorm it was lymphedema. Not paralyzed.
It was the VERY last performance!
Oh wow so sad
@@Boogie1987 right.
Lord, this lady couldn't even move her hand.
Minnie, we still loving you.
Wow one month before her death, such a beautiful person
What a strong voice but in a very relaxing and pleasant way. Her beauty is flourishing in that room. I can tell her voice is one of the finest and best as well.
so sad. she was in so much pain and couldn't move her arm anymore :(
She was dying of breast cancer which had metastasized...she passed away less than 5 months later and this was her final notable appearance in public.
This is so tragic... I believe this was her last interview in the last song she sang on an interview... She was near the end, and still so courageous and beautiful and strong... May God keep her memory in his loving arms and I am hoping to meet her one day in paradise.
I was only 9 when she passed but i remember crying like she was a family member..I had just really realized I had a voice..and I loved hers! I'm crying now because she was like no other!!
The sad thing is that Stevie Wonder was friends with almost everyone that died God bless his heart 😢 🙏🏾 ❤️
R.I.P. Minnie. You were one tough cookie.
Maya Rudolph looks and sounds so much like her Mother.
She does !
This made me so emotional, especially at the end, as everyone is saying. Her eyes were filling up and so were mine. She did what she loved until the end and accomplished so much in a far too short life. She left an amazing legacy though, through her music and her children. Her son continues it by working as a music engineer in the industry she loved. Her daughter continues it by being a performer as well, only in comedy instead of music. I’m sure she is proud of them. RIP.
Я узнала о ней сейчас, в 2024.
Боже! Как же мне жаль её😢😢😢
Милая, милая женщина!
Любая мать поймет, как страшно оставить своих детей в этом мире, если приходится умирать... 😢
И как обидно, жалко, страшно умирать самой.. особенно во цвете лет.
Покойся с Миром, Минни! 💔
Minnie Ripperton had a renoun 5 octave vocal ranger and was professionally trained in Opera, but chose to go into rhythm and Blues instead
Q ~ yes....i have 5 to! she was lucky.....
It was a 7 octave
@@katericox2345 you didn't get her success though... MMHMMM
@@swed98dj not 7, she couldn't hit notes un octaves 1,2 or anything past 7
Who goes to the trouble of finding this only to dislike it? Animals. Rip Riperton.
This Woman was SPECIAL!! REALEST Love Song & PUREST Voice I've EVER heard!! GOD BLES U MINNIE !!!:`)
no one can sing like this anymore
RIP Minnie.... she lives in her daughter and many singers who are inspired by her
I purchased all her albums back in the 70's as an undergraduate student a Morgan State University. RIP, Minnie. I miss you and your beautiful voice.😭
Period. I might end up attending that college, looking for the right hbcu
Many of us didn't like it when we had to walk down our own memory lane...but Minnie with her Goddess voice and truly honest words helped many of us get back up and keep on moving...
Every Time I Hear This Song It Bring Tears To My Eyes 😢
When music was played live in the recording studio! Passion and real feelings. If you couldn't sing on key you would not get a record deal. There was no auto- tune back in the those glorious musical days! Loved this song since i first heard it back in my youth!
What a precious, precious gift to the world.
My precious mom introduced me to Minnie's music as a young child. When she recorded this live song & interview she was very sick but her voice was still beautiful. Her husband & her was a true love story until the end.
The Best voice I have ever heard..
My Late Daddy My Mommie Kept Telling Him Not To Leave Her And My Daddy Said He Didn't Wanna Go But In His ❤ He Didn't Wanna Leave My Mommie They Had And My Mommie Till This Day She Kept They Had For Each Other Still Going Strong
Chills.... shook..... happy and sad simultaneously. Thank you for sharing this video. Best music of my childhood. 💜
God has been caring for Ms Riperton and seeing to her children. This we can be assured of. Thank you for the beautiful voice and lyrics
She sung her song LIVE and you could tell at 1:54! Such great talent!! OMG tears, Minnie we miss you!!!
Galactic Beauty No, she didn't. If you're talking about that little dip in her whistle note, that same dip is in the recording. If you really concentrate, you can hear it. Aside from that, the vocals are exactly the same, as a whole, as the recording.
TheLanard oh well so what! I'm assuming that tad bit of little information made your day?!! Lol
Nah. I know every performance couldn't be sung live back then. I love live ones, though. So sometimes I feel cheated seeing a lip-synced one. No problem.
TheLanard I was just messing with you. But you're right sometimes they cheat the public and lipsync. I seen one performer who was off the chain and that was Teena Marie. I seen her in Culver City, California. I also seeing Parliament Funkadelic years ago, now I refuse to waste my money.
I've always loved Teena. She could sing in a room with no music or mike and have me on the floor.
Beautiful, Graceful Queen! She's gorgeous even with all she's going through. I was a baby when this came out! I'm looking at this to remind me to keep going no matter what even though I hope I never have a battle like that.
Listening to this song has me going "Back down memory lane".
I love her voice its so warming were going to play this at my moms funeral
I was there as she sang her last performance. I’d followed her from her early recordings in the early 70s (“Come to My Garden”). Many, many years later, this performance still brings me to tears.
It’s 2023 and still listening back ! I love her !
Minnie stole the show... back down memory lane...🕶️🎶👍
Beautiful lady beautiful voice with so much heartfelt emotion RIP
She was a true artist I saw her unsung it was so sad. Rest in heaven Minnie ripperton
she had beautiful voice RIP Minnie Riperton
Her right arm was paralyzed due to the cancer. Bless her.
I was 9 years old when she died, love her voice so much! A brave, and great woman who fought breast cancer till the end. RIP Minnie.... Still love you..
This is 2018 in Chicago Minnie with to Hyde park high school an I love her music today and my aunt with to school with her an she said that she was a beautiful person for ccmaxie47.
Back in the early 80s my big cousin had the vinyl record of , loving you. She would play it all the time and would intrigue all us kids on how Minnie Ripperton had died of cancer and had sang this song for her daughter. I vividly remember feeling sorrow all the times she played it and as she told that story over and over again.
This beautiful woman died a year before I was born....my parents always spoke (and speak, my dad still here) about her. I grew up with her music..... to imagine She's been gone now longer than she lived. I was Minnie's age when my mom passed. To put into perspective how young she was.....Beyonce, Rihanna and Alicia Keys to name but a few have all lived longer than her. Aaliyah was born the year Minnie died. When Aaliyah died...I wondered what musical talent was being born then..... God bless her soul.
Forty-three years ago today, July 12th, 2022, that she left us... and, boy, how grateful I am that we shared the same planet for a few years.
THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG GET TO MY SOUL. EVERY- TIME I LISTEN TO THIS WONDERFUL SONG!😀
What a strong woman. To know her cancer was so bad here that she couldn’t move her arm.. and that she would pass away the next month.. that’s just crazy. What a person. She would be SO proud of Maya.. and not just because of her fame but because Maya is such a genuinely great person.
The Unsung episode of her life u really get the feeling that her husband still misses and talks about her like she died yesterday so much heartfelt emotion. I remember when the story broke we were all so sad and in disbelief, so talented and so young.
"Loving you", Minnie. RIP.
Hard to watch this without getting teary eyed. Can’t even imagine the pain this amazing woman went through and to still be able to sing perfectly. Like many people I’ve lost relatives to cancer and I’ve seen how much they suffer. She is a true inspiration! heart goes out to her children and husband 😢😢 xx
Still love hearing her music #
I love you Minnie!
Thank you for your music!
They need to make a movie about Mrs.Minnie Riperton❤.
Damn man this bought a tear to my eye! My favorite female singer. She died to young but left the world with an inceedible gift.I was born in 1980 and growing up in Chicago I knew all about Minnie. You can see her face all in Mays. This is so touching. Lost my mom to cancer and hope this song heals all who have lost a loved one to that horrible disease.
Her voice is almost too beautiful to comprehend. RIP Minnie.
One of the best voices ever! She is truly missed.
Her voice is just beautiful
You lit up our world and your star still shines 40 years on
I dedicated this song to my mom I cry cry love this song love her whole album
I’m a puddle of water watching this. It hits close to home probably for a lot of us. ❤️
Minnie thank you for your voice and the jams . I had some tender moments to your music
For her to have such determination even in the face of a terrible prognosis. She still managed to get her work done. Its just amazing.
Happy heavenly 74th birthday to songbird Minnie Riperton. Blessed with an angelic 5 octave vocal range. The tragic death of 31year old Minnie Riperton in 1979 silenced one of soul music's most unique and unforgettable voices.
I remember seeing this when it aired as a child, but I had no idea that she was dying. I also did not know her name at the time either.
God bless you Minnie Riperton. What a beautiful voice and spirit......1~Luv
Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice! R.I.H. Angel 🕊❤️
This Song !!!!
😢😢😢😢Can't Stop Crying Cause Didn't Want Leave 😢😢😢😢Powerful Voice Given To Her By God Pricless
Yes her final appearance for this brave wonderful lady.
A voice that will never be matched. Loving you was an anthem for my youth.
My momma always play her music when I was kid R.I.P Minnie Riperton
Incredible performance, phenomenal talent, voice of an Angel, RIP sweet spirit! KB
This is a beautiful song.
Aww Minnieeeeee😫😔😪🥺😭
This is the definition of a PER- FOR- MANCE 🙌👏🏼💞
amazing
I love Minnie God Bless you miss you mama
R.I.P. Minnie. This brought tears to my eyes.
This is one beautiful song by her I didn't know that she was dealing with cancer rip to this beautiful young woman