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 ...

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 ...

The Mamas & The Papas singer died at 32, and her daughter Owen Elliot-Kugel has had to live with rumors ever since Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years.

The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy. Credit...Michael Putland/Getty Images Supported by 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 was only seven years old when her mother died unexpectedly. And though her mom’s birth certificate read “Ellen Naomi Cohen,” fans around the world knew the woman with the powerhouse ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell recounts her mother’s life in a new book, ‘My Mama, Cass,’ out May 7 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

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 ...

Another music legend has fallen: The mighty good one that the Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliot choked to death on a ham sandwich apparently is not true. That’s according to “Mama” Cass’ daughter, ...