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  • Ok so ancestor Minnie rehearsed to sci-fi riffs as a girl & sis Rachel reheased to emergency sirens & birds!!! True gifts!!

  • i know exactly what Edu camargo said!!!She died young,july,12,1979.

    me and my friend Felipe used to sing 'lovin you"in the partys...was so good...

    i love you Minnie,till because we born in same day!!!

  • So beautiful 2 me

  • She was 31 whn She passed

  • It's amazing that she was so full of life here, and a month later, gone. She is a really good example of strength and beauty.

  • learn a lesson in courage right here !!

  • da fuck? 

  • She died about a month later. Way too young. Such a beautiful woman, such an awesome talent.

  • so adorable!!!!

  • She was terminal and died 27 days later. A shame.

  • very beautiful woman ..and so talented.. elegant..

  • Wow, Minnie! So beautiful :-)

  • Sooo talented. Did you hear her sci-fi note? Truly remarkable. Love always. R.I.P Minnie

  • She would be proud of her kids today too. Sorely missed lady!

  • Does anyone watch this and see the melancholy in both her eyes and body language?

  • 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.

  • she was so beautiful!

  • So beautiful and elegant. Luv me sum Minnie:). RIP Beautiful

  • My Minnie! Love this woman.

  • i want my peanut butter jelly time back and richt now

  • this is when california curls was coming lol

  • I visited her grave a couple months back. R.I.P <3

  • Not only would she pass a month later, but only a few days after this interview, she was confined to bed.. She is the perfect example of strength and courage.

  • UGH!

  • Wow she was gone 4 weeks later? You're kidding. :-(

  • She is beautiful...

  • 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's an angel

  • is that her last interview??? Wow...i mean she looks sooo healthy there and young...tooo sad she died so damn young! CANCER SUCK!!!

  • oh boy how brave she was...

  • You wouldn't believe she was dying, she seems so full of joy.

  • 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.

  • Wow, she died the next month.

  • I love you Minnie

  • i love u minnie riperton

  • This was aired right before she passed?

  • i'm just really getting into minnie riperton and i gotta say i'm a new fan but i'm a BIG fan!

  • Thank u so much for the music Minnie.

  • Very talented and underrated singer - R.I.P. Minnie, we love u

  • That is so sad about Minnie dying of this horrible cancer about a month after this interview. Always a most beautiful, bubbly woman and extremely talented singer. She is now an angel in Heaven right now.

    God bless you Minnie, we will always remember and cherish you and the wonderful songs you sang for all of us.

  • @datoobster75 Actually she was hopitalized 4 days after this interview ans she died 2 days after bring admitted to the hospital. She only lived 6 days after this.

  • Think she was wearing a wig.

  • beautiful, and absurdly underrated. rip.

  • She is absolutely delightful!!! Such a wonderfully gifted and gracious lady!

  • My God! 4 weeks later she was dead!

  • I'm just amazed by her. I kinda laughed at her old pictures of her and her husband. You could tell he really loved her. See how he was the 1st person there to save her from that lion. lol. RIP, the world lost a sweet & talented lady.

  • Que breve .....tan joven..

  • Her laugh was so beautiful!! Oh Gosh!! She is in heaven now!!!

  • A woman of this ilk is the type you wanna marry. Her aura, her spirit, her courage, her personality and obvious character. She knew she was going to die (although we all can pass away at any time) she wasn't moping around and crying "woe is me" publicly.

  • I'm shocked! Even knowing about her own status she was so polite and lukewarm. All I can say is omg!

  • Minnie's right arm is paralyzed here, due to a tumor. She was such a trooper...what a loss it was when she died. Amazing singer, amazing woman.

  • yoo love mariah but look at this minnie just hit notes on the spot with no VOCAL rest as for mariah she always say i need sleep i wish minnie was here

  • @dayzour123 Every singer needs vocal rest...

  • that lion would have had me running for my life.

  • She was fearless and kept her composure during the attack

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  • We would suggest Richard Rudolph tell the American People (by way of the Media) that Minnie Riperton covered Loving You, so fans of Loving You can have their say.

  • The interviewer was kind of a dusche.. Do this do that sheesh. RIP Minnie

  • It's a good thing she didn't have a cold that day she went to the bank. LOL!

  • Rest in peace queen!

  • She is so cute. I'm very sadden that she died such early age.

  • Incredibly beautiful, spiritual, charismatic.......and so BLESSED by the Heavenly Father. God obviously felt that her presence in Heaven was more required than her existance on Earth. Losing a talent like Minnie Riperton is always an immeasurable loss........losing her at such a young age, and under such tragic circumstances.........makes the the reality of her departure, (and Breast Cancer, in particular), even more painful to accept. Minnie was a blessing.

  • She died less than a month after this interview. Wow she looked beautiful and she was such talented women. Her voice was so pure and beautiful.

  • @aprigirl wow, really.....she didnt look "Sick" there. hmmmm. so sad tho, i hate when people get cancer and all types of diseases, my dad passed of cancer 3 years ago.

  • 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.

  • *SCREAMS* LOVVVVeeeee herrrr!

  • Wow,this one month before she became a heavenly angel. So alive .So viberant. God... I miss her everyday.

  • she died tooo young rip

  • Its really hard to believe this lady only had a month left to live.

  • Wow that lion just chomped right on her!!!! She still was a gracious,beautiful, soul. This clip really touched me. That lion horrified me!  Minnie amazed me! RIP darling Angel. You left much too soon.

  • Still saddens me! Guess the most high wanted her more!

  • a month after she died. one of the best voices

  • aww she was really pretty! r.i.p

  • RIP

  • 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.

  • I agree with you JR. There will never be another Minnie. There are folks who have high notes like Mariah. However, Minnie is one of a kind and a national treasure. Her music touches me like no one else.

  • Just to deposit her check she had to sing over the phone! I guess state id is not good enough for a jackass!

  • @MrCHILDSTAR No she didn't she and her husband wrote that song.

  • Wow. Her voice was amazing! Perfect pitch and control. An angel for sure. @JRG1120: You're right. She deserves to be inducted. Her unique sound will never be duplicated. May her soul rest in peace.

    P.S. Why the heck wasn't there any chains on that lion? She was about 2 seconds away from being ripped to shreds. How did she maintain her composure after that?Mann, that girl had some guts. Not me. haha!

  • A cancerous tumor paralyzed her right arm in early 1979. 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.

  • she has a beautiful speaking voice as well as singing voice.

  • oh my God! I would be scared shitless if that happened to me!

  • This is the first time I have seen her, I have heard her sing, it was such a shame that she died.

  • Her Demeanor reminds me of Janet Jackson.

  • 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.

  • @ DirtyMoney410 I'm an 80's baby too, my mother grew up listening to her. She is very beautiful, and she has a beautiful personality and is very inspirational. I love her voice, I wish a million times I could sing like her and hit those notes....I could watch her and listen to her sing all day...I love her and I dont even know her...I wish she would have lived. Im definitly a big fan of hers

  • she was so beautiful.. smh i could look at her talk all day..she way before my time..ima 80's baby

  • She was so beautiful and very, very talented, no other singer, even Whitney and Mariah, can't hold a candle to Minne, so sad she passed too soon, a year before I was born.

  • she died not long after this aired..sad. she looks really good here.

  • Her right arm was paralyzed...

  • @espiritu69guerrero That was the chemo theropy, thats prob why her face looks a little swollen, it does that, so sad!

  • "The Lion just wanted to play" (*hee hee*) She was just too cute!!!!

  • So sad, gone so young. RIP. My condolences to her family and friends.

  • You can tell she looks sickly. Poor Minnie may she rest in peace.

  • @dutico She died about a month later..sad

  • Her left arm in this video was paralyzed from her breast cancer. If you notice she doesn't move her left arm at all and she's actually holding her arm at the end.

  • A truly very underrated Female Artist!.......my fave Female singer/vocaist ever!

  • that lion is scary!!

    luckily minnie wasnt hurt

  • That whole lion ordeal terrified me. And she is so calm and reserved.

  • Is it just me or doesn't Janet's presence remind you of Minnie's?

  • I can actually see that. Very soft spoken and naturally pretty.

  • i agree, both are soft spoken and have warm, natural personalities

  • @iluvdorinda I was sitting here thinking the same thing.

  • so, so gracious

  • Minnie was very brave and she fuoght the good fight, but the cancer won. So Sad. She sould be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame she deserves it.

  • @JRG1120  THAT IS SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOOO TRUE!!

  • Man she's got good reflexes.

  • I love her laugh.

  • I second that, especially her hairstyle... just perfect!!

  • I truly admire Minnie Riperton. I listen to her music everyday. No one could sing like Minnie. It saddens me that she died so young. I love to sing, myself, but Girl I can never touch you!

  • wow she was really beautiful...and this was just before she died...she was lovely ...

  • Hate to see what happened to this sista. Sometimes life takes the sweetest people first.

  • Touching video, sad also because I hate to see wild animals used like this for entertainment purposes. :(

  • This is great. I was only five when she died, but all of her songs still remind me of my mama.

  • An angel sent.

  • oh this breaks my heart to see this sister in clearly so much pain, no longer with us. her music though will continue. Love to this queen. Lil premadonas can learn fron her but never better Minnie

  • What's NOT to love about Minnie Riperton?! I wish i could've been my current age in her life's time...Oh to be front row at a Minnie concert...

  • What was this like a few weeks before she died? That's terrible. Lovely voice. RIP

  • I know that craze did they already know by this point that she had Cancer? It seems like something was wrong with her arm.

  • Yes..it had spread to her arm...so sad.

  • Minnie is soul, Minnie is love, the most beautiful female singer whos range, depth and emotion in song makes my life feel alive!!

    God bless Minnie she now sings with angels!!

  • What a beautiful spirit and a fabulous woman. God rest her soul...

  • I love her songs, she had a voice of an angel and no artist out there now can sing like her or hit her 5 oct high notes.

  • this was minnie's last interview and this show's how much sprit and stright she had. throw all her pain and not to b able to move her right arm she kept going on as long as she could, that was her gift to all of us to let her fans see her love and sprit, i have been to minnie' grave to show my love&respect for her. i was 19 when she died. now i'm 49 still love her &her music. 10-14-09,

  • WOW

  • if you notice she coulden't move her right out becAuse of the cancer

    RIP MINNIE YOUR VOICE IS MISSED BY ALL

  • ♥♪♥ Minnie Riperton ♥♪♥ Loving You Baby... R.I.P

  • 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.

  • WOW, if anyone, anyone could compare to her, music would be heaven cause her voice is heaven and some today are hell!!!!!!!

  • it was a month before she died

  • She didnt look ill at all here....she kept herself up very well..she was so undervalued...she did not get the credit she deserved...she was not a one hit wonder.....

  • Exactly.

    Thank you so much for posting these moments that would've otherwise been lost.

    From the comments on her videos she is well respected.

    That's always a good thing to have.

    Thanks. :)

  • This was right before she died. You couldn't tell from looking at her how sick she actually was.

  • 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.

  • flawless!

  • make her -->Laugh Out Loud

  • She was so beautiful. What a gentle soul with so much talent. I hate to think that she was terminal when this was filmed. R.I.P.

  • I'm playing all of Minnie's LP's and CD's today, 7-12-09- left us 30 yrs ago today.

  • She's so charming and lovely*

  • Minnie Riperton--My PERFECT Angel.

  • Minnie is my ALL TIME fav female vocalist EVER!!!

    NO BODY has pipes like that!! She was sooo underrated!! So sad she died so young, I miss her so much!!! Glad to see her daughter Maya Rudoplh doing well!!

  • she was so beautiful. rip!

  • no that was my husband lol ... thats true love

  • epic singer great voice and what a brave woman to be next to that lion....

  • she's so addicting

  • amazing!!!her determination.her strenght going up to the very end.much luv minnie.r.ip.

  • I can't believe she did this interview weeks before passing from breast cancer. I recently read where Maya Rudolph and her daughter watch "Grandma Minnie" on Youtube. That is one way she keeps her mother's memory alive for her daughter. Thank you Youtube!

  • This is amazing to me, I was only 4 when she passed but I remember my dad played the album over and over again (with her on the cover w/the ice cream cone) and to me most people who have cancer have this "sickly look" - i should know my bro in law had the SAME look one month before he passed w/cancer but she doesn't even look sick at ALL! RIP Minnie - one of THE most angelic voices that has graced my ears

  • I know what you mean. I lost my dad to cancer last year. He only weighed 100 pounds when he died. You could tell he was sick. Minnie looked great. If you didn't know she had cancer you'd never know by looking at her.

  • Love you Minnie RIperton, forever!!!!!!!!!!!

  • U can tell she can't move her arm. She was paralyzed in her right arm......Gone a month later...... sad

  • I just realized this was almost exactly 30 years ago to the very date. I can't believe it's been that long.

  • Wow she was amazing! She died a month later. I still remember this song as a child. I just watched "Unsung" she was a beautiful mother, singer and wife!

  • just watching this is sad because a month and 3 days later she was gone.

  • That would of scared the beJesus out of me!

  • Her speaking voice was so adorable.

  • She was so beautiful! I remember when it was announced on the radio that she passed away.

  • were you a teenager then? how did you feel when you heard it? just seeing the unsung made me so so sad.

  • Yes I was 13 when she passed away. I was so sad I remember when it was announced on the radio. Soul Train also did a special tribute show in her behalf.

  • I'm her number 1 fan, always have been.