The death of the legendary Mamas & Papas singer sent shockwaves across the world on July 29, 1974. No one was more shocked, however, than the people closest to Cass Elliot. Those who knew and loved ...

9:02 a.m. May 8, 2024: An earlier version of this story said Cass Elliot’s final show and the day she was found dead were in June. Both of those events happened in July. Another music legend has ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell, daughter of the Mamas & the Papas band member, will publish 'My Mama, Cass' in 2024 Donaldson Collection/Getty Cass Elliot’s daughter is honoring her mother’s legacy. Owen ...

Contrary to popular myth, Mama Cass Elliot did not die from choking on a ham sandwich, her daughter is keen for people to know. On the eve of the 50 th anniversary of the death of the songstress with ...

“Baby Reindeer” breakout Jessica Gunning will portray Cass Elliot in “My Mama Cass,” a biographical drama about the singer of the 1960s folk group the Mamas & The Papas. Adapted from Elliot’s only ...

A half century after her tragic early death at age 32, Mama Cass Elliot remains a legendary figure in popular music. In the 1960s she rose to national and international prominence as one of the ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell was just seven years old when her mother, “Mama” Cass Elliot, died of a heart attack in 1974. Since then, she’s tried to untangle the myth of the hippie icon — especially the ...

Known as Mama Cass, Elliot was married twice, first to musician Jim Hendricks in 1963, which was annulled in 1968, and a second marriage to journalist Donald von Wiedenman in 1971, which lasted just a ...

Yes, a ham sandwich was present, but the details of "Mama" Cass Elliot's death have been greatly exaggerated, daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell explains in a new book. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / ...