Mama Cass “Didn’t Choke To Death On Ham Sandwich, So Stop The Jokes,” Pleads Daughter
deadline.comContrary 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 50th anniversary of the death of the songstress with the Mamas and the Papas, Elliot’s daughter has told the BBC.
Owen Elliot-Kugell explained: “There was a ham sandwich, but she didn’t eat it and she didn’t choke on it. So enough with the jokes.” Mama Cass died aged 32 in the London flat of fellow singer Harry Nilsson in 1974, after she had finished a two-week run of performances at the London Palladium.
The autopsy confirmed her case of death as a heart attack. At the time, and in many cultural references since, it was reported that she had choked to death on a ham sandwich, which was found by her bedside.
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