Maya Rudolph was raised by her father Richard Rudolph after her mother Minnie Riperton died in 1979 Lynsey Eidell is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

She later died in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in her husband's arms. Read more: Celine Dion's Son Has Grown Up To Be Gorgeous Minnie Riperton undoubtedly influenced music and ...