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.

Loot' star Maya Rudolph shares daughters and sons with longtime ... "It means he’s the father of my child, and I live with him, and we are a couple, and we are not going anywhere.” ...

Maya Rudolph is thinking back on her upbringing ... who is best remembered for her 1974 hit song "Lovin' You," and her father, American songwriter and musician Richard Rudolph, who was 77 years ...