 anti-disco fans caused the Tigers to get a forfeit victory over the White Sox on the second game of the doubleheader, what would have been. I think that was the last American League forfeit, and also the death of the great singer Minnie Rippers in both. Oh, wow! July 10th, 12th, 1979. Minnie Ripperton was only 31 when she died of breast cancer. Her daughter, Maya Rudolph,