Cass Elliot
| Born | September 19, 1941 |
| Hometown | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Height | 5'5" (1.65m) |
| Spouse | Donald von Wiedenman, Jim Hendricks |
| Children | Owen Vanessa Elliot |
| Parents | Bess Cohen, Philip Cohen |
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‘Fat girls need love too’: The heartbreaking life, and cruel death, of Mama Cass
- In a life in which people happily dissembled on her behalf, it seems fitting that the story of the passing of “Mama” Cass Elliot was built on a lie. Likely you’ve heard it: that following the final performance of a run of 28 sold-out concerts at the London Palladium, 50 years ago this week, the 32-year-old retired to her digs at 9 Curzon Square, in Mayfair, where she choked to death while attempting to eat a ham sandwich.
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'Mama' Cass Elliot wasn't killed by a ham sandwich, daughter says. Sorry to skewer that myth
Fact check: Mama Cass didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich, her daughter says in a new book. And thus a legendary rumor about a legendary performer falls.
- CelebrityUSA TODAY
Mama Cass' daughter debunks ham sandwich death myth, talks career that might have been
Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of The Mamas & The Papas singing star Cass Elliot, dove deep into her family history for 'My Mama, Cass: A Memoir.'
- CelebrityThe Guardian
‘The truth was just too painful’: the highs and lows of Mama Cass
The daughter of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot has written a book to explore the tragically short life of her mother, from relentless fat-shaming to a myth about her death
- CelebrityPeople
Why Mama Cass' Daughter Owen Was Not Part of Wilson Phillips: 'My Voice Was Too Loud' (Exclusive)
"They made quite a few really great records. It just wasn't the right combination," Owen Elliot-Kugell exclusively tells PEOPLE
- CelebrityThe Telegraph
Mama Cass ‘didn’t choke to death’ on ham sandwich
The daughter of The Mamas and The Papas singer Cass Elliot has spoken to dispel the “horrible” myth that her mother choked to death on a ham sandwich.
- CelebrityCloser Weekly
Mamas & the Papas Singer Cass Elliot’s Daughter Recalls Life With Mom Before Her Sudden Death at 32
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 always did,” Owen tells Closer. In a new memoir, My Mama, Cass, the daughter of the Mamas & the...
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Cass Elliot’s daughter tells the truth about her death in new book ‘My Mama, Cass’
Cass Elliot’s daughter is telling the truth about her mother’s death in a new book, set to release this month.
- CelebrityThe Hollywood Reporter
Mama Cass’ Daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell Opens Up About Origin of Urban Legend Around Mom’s Death
Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of late The Mamas & the Papas member Cass Elliot, is setting the record straight on her mother’s death in her new memoir, My Mama, Cass. In July 1974, Cass passed away in London from a heart attack when Elliot-Kugell was 7-years-old, dying in her sleep at age 32. However, an …
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Mama Cass’ Daughter Owen ‘Didn’t Even Know My Dad’s Name’ Until She Turned 19 (Exclusive)
In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliot-Kugell shares that she always fantasized her "real dad would show up"
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