In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliot-Kugell shares that she always fantasized her "real dad would show up" Cass Elliot with her daughter Owen in 1968 For years, Mama Cass’ daughter Owen Elliot ...

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.

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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 ...

A half century after her tragic early death at age 32, Mama Cass Elliot remains a legendary figure in popular music. In the 1960s she rose to national and international prominence as one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...