It's always disarming to realize how fractious the Mamas & the Papas were. The war between success and unhappiness waged well beyond their short time together. For "Mama" Cass Elliot, that war proved ...

IF A GRAPHIC NOVEL can be thought of like a three-minute pop song, then French author Penelope Bagieu wisely holds a beautiful epiphany well past the two-minute mark. The timing is sublime. In her new ...

Clarifications to the Legend of Mama Cass Elliot: No. 1. Mama Cass Elliot did not die choking on a ham sandwich. No. 2. Mama Cass Elliot was hit on the head by a pipe, but it did not have the effect, ...

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.

On this day in 1974, the world lost “Mama” Cass Elliot, a member of the Mamas and the Papas and a pivotal figure in the Sixties California rock scene. She was found dead at the infamous 1 Curzon Place ...

Cass Elliot, best known to the world as Mama Cass of the pop rock group The Mamas And The Papas, was an anomaly in the pop music world of the ’60s and ’70s. She had a smooth, powerful voice and loads ...

Omnibus Press has snapped up My Mama, Cass: A Memoir, a "deeply affecting" memoir about singer Cass Elliot by her daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell. Publishing director David Barraclough acquired UK rights ...

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 ...

"Follow me," says David Crosby as he gets into his black Mercedes and hurtles off down the road. After a year of e-mails, he has agreed to talk to me about his friend "Mama" Cass Elliot, the ...

If a graphic novel can be thought of like a three-minute pop song, then French author Penelope Bagieu wisely holds a beautiful epiphany well past the two-minute mark. The timing is sublime. In her new ...