she stood out in comparison to her slimmer bandmates, much like I stood out in comparison to my thin classmates at the water park so many years ago. Still, Cass Elliot carved a place for herself ...

Owen Elliot-Kugell reveals in her new book that her mother, famously known as “Mama” Cass from the 1960s West Coast folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, did not die by choking on a ham ...