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 ...

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 long-standing rumour that The Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich has been debunked by her daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell. Cass Elliot was an influential figure in ...

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 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 ...

Graham Nash once praised David Crosby in CSN and recalled how, in the studio, he was a force unlike any other musician on the ...

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 ...