Fact #132523
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Short story:
Mama Cass Elliott of The Mamas And The Papas dies, having choked on a sandwich in her London flat.
Full article:
Michelle Phillips (Mamas And Papas) : I’d spoken to her on the phone the night before. She was crying with happiness because she’d been getting standing ovations at the musical theatre shows she’d been doing.
Had Cass lived she’d still be a star. She would have her own chat show, production company, sitcom … there were so many strings to her bow.
(Source : The Independent magazine : 30 October, 2004)
Russ Kunkel (drummer, Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young) : My sister-in-law, Mama Cass, died in August during the tour. I was married to her sister Leah. I think we (CSN+Y) were in Houston at the Whitehall Hotel. I remember Graham (Nash) sitting me down and telling me she passed away. She had a big role in their lives. She introduced Graham to Stephen. It was a very difficult day for us when she died. Thank God we were in the middle of doing something we couldn't stop. The show that night is probably what got us all through it.
(Source : interview in Rolling Stone, 2014)
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Had Cass lived she’d still be a star. She would have her own chat show, production company, sitcom … there were so many strings to her bow.
(Source : The Independent magazine : 30 October, 2004)
Russ Kunkel (drummer, Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young) : My sister-in-law, Mama Cass, died in August during the tour. I was married to her sister Leah. I think we (CSN+Y) were in Houston at the Whitehall Hotel. I remember Graham (Nash) sitting me down and telling me she passed away. She had a big role in their lives. She introduced Graham to Stephen. It was a very difficult day for us when she died. Thank God we were in the middle of doing something we couldn't stop. The show that night is probably what got us all through it.
(Source : interview in Rolling Stone, 2014)