At 7, Owen Elliot-Kugell was told that her mother, singer Cass Elliot, wouldn’t be coming home again. “I remember thinking to myself that they were wrong. I knew she was going to come home because she ...

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 ...

Arguably the most beloved of The Mamas & the Papas, 'Mama Cass' Elliot became as famous for rumors surrounding her tragic death at 32 years old as she was for the band's iconic music in the 1960s. For ...

For decades, Owen Elliot-Kugell had to put up with hearing a cruel rumor about how her mother died. "Mama" Cass Elliot, a singer in the ‘60s group The Mamas & The Papas, died after performing a series ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell, daughter of the Mamas & the Papas band member, will publish 'My Mama, Cass' in 2024 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and ...

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 ...

Cass Elliot was a legend in folk music, and her legacy still lingers to this day. She’s inspired the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and many more. Unfortunately, her ...

The myth that Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich in 1974 was invented by her manager in an attempt to protect her legacy, the singer’s daughter said. Owen Elliot-Kugell was 7 years old when ...

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 ...