Richard Rudolph

Richard Rudolph co-wrote 'Lovin' You' with his wife Minnie Riperton, a song built around her five-octave range that became one of the most recorded pieces of music of the 1970s. He went on to write or produce for Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, the Temptations, and 2Pac across a catalogue of more than 200 songs, and supervised music for films including Cocoon and Black Rain. He and Riperton had two children, including actress Maya Rudolph, before Riperton's death from cancer in 1979.