Owen Elliot Kugell: Last News

Contrary to popular myth, Mama Cass Elliot did not die from choking on a ham sandwich, her daughter is keen for people to know.

Rolling Stone, Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell opened up about the impact of her mother’s death. Elliot-Kugell is set to release her memoir My Mama, Cass in 2024.In particular, Elliot-Kugell spoke out about a particularly unusual rumour that surrounded Elliot’s death – that Mama Cass died after choking on a ham sandwich. “I can’t believe we’re still talking about the sandwich after all these years,” Elliot-Kugell said.“I started running my mom’s estate when I was 18.

48 years after her passing, 'Mama' Cass Elliot finally received a long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with singer Michelle Phillips on hand to honor her.The singer - best known for her work with The Mamas & the Papas - passed away due to heart failure in London at just 32 years of age in 1974.She was honored by singers Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Bijou Phillips and Mackenzie Phillips, along with Cass' child Owen Elliot-Kugell, Mickey Dolenz and more. Honor: 48 years after her passing, 'Mama' Cass Elliot finally received a long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with singer Michelle Phillips on hand to honor her On hand: She was honored by singers Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Bijou Phillips and Mackenzie Phillips, along with Michelle Phillips, her son Owen Elliot-Kugell, Mickey Dolenz and moreMichelle was the first presenter to speak at the ceremony, clad in black glasses, a black long-sleeved shirt, black earrings, black pants and black shoes.'On our first meeting, Cass and I experienced our first acid trip. It was 1965,' Michelle explained.

Roy Trakin There’s a famous photograph by Henry Diltz of Joni Mitchell playing guitar in Mama Cass Elliot’s Laurel Canyon backyard, with David Crosby holding up a joint in back and Eric Clapton sitting cross-legged watching transfixed. There, in the foreground, is Cass’ nine-month-old daughter Owen, teething on a film canister. “I often wonder what I was thinking,” says the now-55-year-old mother of two kids in their 20s, who lives in Encino with her husband of 31 years. “Clearly, I was thinking about that film canister. It was all pretty surreal, pretty cool.” Owen Elliot-Kugell, the only child of Mama Cass of the Mamas & the Papas, the seminal co-ed group that came to define the sound of 1960s hippie culture, has for years spearheaded the campaign to get her mother a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony will finally take place on Monday, Oct. 3 on a stretch of Hollywood Blvd. between Sycamore and LaBrea alongside the stars of Sidney Poitier and Tyne Daly, with the likes of bandmate Michelle Phillips and good friend John Sebastian on hand to mark the occasion.