Owen Elliot-Kugell with her mother Cass Elliot in 1974 Owen Elliot-Kugell will always remember the last day she spent with her mother, Cass Elliot. “She took me to the airport to get on a plane by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mamas & the Papas musician Cass Elliot welcomed daughter Owen in 1967 Contributor, PEOPLE Jim Ruymen/UPI/Alamy Owen Elliot-Kugell was just 7 years old when her mother, Mamas & the Papas singer ...

There’s a famous photograph by Henry Diltz of Joni Mitchell playing guitar in Mama Cass Elliot’s Laurel Canyon backyard, with David Crosby holding up a joint in back and Eric Clapton sitting ...

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 ...

Nearly 50 years after her death, Cass Elliot inspired TikTok users to “Make Your Own Kind of Music.” Months after the 1969 hit went viral, the late singer and her bandmates are now the subjects of a ...

Hear her extraordinary range in 10 tracks. By Lindsay Zoladz First of all, I’d like to thank the guest playlisters who filled in for me last week, Caryn Ganz and Ben Sisario. Caryn paid tribute to ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell remembers the last time she saw her mom. It was the summer of 1974, and the seven-year-old was on an airplane departing London. Just like that scene in Almost Famous, Elliot-Kugell ...

The late Mamas & the Papas bandmember's only child penned a memoir delving into the singer's life and death, out May 7. By Tatiana Tenreyro Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of late The Mamas & the ...