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May 10, 2024 · 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...
May 13, 2024 · Elliot-Kugell said she still has vivid dreams of her mother. During the final months of Cass’ life, she kept busy performing and travelling. It was a triumphant, hopeful time for the singer ...
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May 2, 2024 · Books. Mama Cass' Daughter Owen Remembers the 'Last Time' She Saw Her Mom Before Her Tragic Death at 32 (Exclusive) Owen Elliot-Kugell recounts her mother’s life in a new book, ‘My Mama,...
Apr 27, 2024 · With the aid of newspaper and magazine clippings; the reminiscences of Cass’s friends, family, and peers; and her own understandably limited cache of memories, Elliot-Kugell attempts to tell her mother’s story and, when indicated, to set the record straight on certain matters.
Apr 15, 2024 · Elliot-Kugell, who was staying with her grandmother in Baltimore at the time, was taken out of day camp early. “I have a very, very clear memory of her telling me that my mom died,” she says. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh, well, they’re not right. They’re wrong. She’s just traveling. She’ll come back. She always does.’”
May 7, 2024 · Elliot-Kugell went on to describe a childhood filled with cruel comments from the parents of her playmates who would ask if her mother “really [died] choking on a ham sandwich?” Putting The...
May 2, 2024 · Fifty years later, her daughter, now 57, shares intimate new details of the mom she loved and lost in her new book My Mama, Cass, out May 7 from Hachette Books. In the memoir, which includes interviews with some of her mother’s closest friends, Elliot-Kugell delves into the complexities of Cass' life, including the mystery of who Elliot ...
