Under California law, a birth must be registered before the baby turns one, which will be in three days time. Poignant: The couple have named the girl after Maya's later mother Minnie Riperton, who died aged 31, pictured here in 1978 a year before her death with her daughter Maya, son Marc and husband Richard.
Gravel as a cause of death could be kidneystones. If a husband and wife both died of it....could it possibly have been environmental? Maybe something they were eating? The reason they both had it is a guess...but gravel usually refers to a type of stones in the body.
History; Source. Gravel Root is native to the New World and has been used by Native American healers for centuries. Gravel Root has been used for kidney-related trouble, such as kidney stones and urinary infections, for centuries. It was used to treat typhus and other ailments by the Native Americans and early settlers and is still considered a safe and effective diuretic.