Minnie Julia (Riperton) Rudolph (1947 - 1979)

Born 8 Nov 1947 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Died 12 Jul 1979 at age 31 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Minnie (Riperton) Rudolph is Notable.

Minnie Riperton was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her amazing four octave vocal range. She was the mother of actor Maya Rudolph and music producer Marc Rudolph.^[1]

Minnie Riperton was born in 1947. She was the daughter of Thelma Inez Matthews and Daniel Webster Riperton. She attended Hyde Park Career Academy High School in Chicago.^[2]

Her husband was Richard Rudolph, whom she married in 1969.

She died of breast cancer in 1979^[3] and is buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.^[4]

Minnie's obituary on 13 July 1979 in The Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Riperton
2. ↑ 1965 School Yearbook: "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016"
   "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Hyde Park Career Academy High School; Year: 1965
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #583006577 (accessed 9 February 2023)
   Name: Minnie Riperton; Estimated Age: 16; Birth Year: abt 1949; Yearbook Date: 1965; School: Hyde Park Career Academy High School; School Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA.
3. ↑ "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997"
   Place: Los Angeles; Date: 12 Jul 1979; Social Security: 354422621
   Ancestry Record 5180 #6368222 (accessed 11 February 2022)
   Minnie Riperton Rudolph death 12 Jul 1979 in Los Angeles.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-B57X : 6 March 2021), Minnie Riperton, ; Burial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Westwood Memorial Park; citing record ID 1177, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ Obituary:"U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   Birmingham Post-Herald; Publication Date: 13 Jul 1979; Publication Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/794385198/?article=e83dbfd1-abc8-46fa-8dd4-905941219b57&focus=0.027713563,0.55941015,0.24253644,0.75356483&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #989378175 (accessed 9 February 2023)
   Name: Minnie Riperton Udtyd Pwlntenw Uoml; Gender: Female; Death Age: 32; Birth Date: Nov 1947; Birth Place: Chicago; Residence Place: Los Angeles; Death Date: Abt 1979; Obituary Date: 13 Jul 1979; Obituary Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Newspaper Title: Birmingham Post-Herald; Spouse: Richard Rudolph; Child: Maya Mark.

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727986/bio IMDb: Minnie Riperton
• "Funny Business," Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 4, Episode 10). PBS. 19 Dec 2017.