Minnie Riperton was at the height of her career when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and while she fought to beat it, she sadly died at 31.

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ane Drew and Maxwell Fry with a model of one of their many buildings for the Gold Coast, 1945. / Tropical Modernism - Architecture and Independence at the V&A South Kensington . Image Courtesy of ...