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Who is Cass Elliot’s daughter, Owen?
CASS Elliot was best known for being one of the original members of The Mamas and the Papas, though she also made a name for herself after the group broke up, releasing five solo albums.
To ensure her legacy would never be forgotten, Elliot's daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, followed in her mother's footsteps to establish a successful music career of her own.
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Who is Cass Elliot's daughter, Owen?
Owen Vanessa Elliot was born on April 26, , in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Her mother died just a few years later when Own was only seven years old.
As a result, her aunt, Cass' sister Leah Kunkel, gained custody of Owen and raised her.
Owen decided to honor her mother's legacy the only way she knew how: through music.
A singer herself, Owen famously toured with Beach Boys member Al Jardine.
“I can’t tell you the number of people over the years who have told me how much my mother’s music and who she was affected them, and made a major difference in their lives,” Elliot-Kugell told Variety in
It was reportedly one of the reasons she decided to write her new book, My Mama, Cass, which will be released on May 7,
The memoir includes interviews with Cass Elliot's family and friends and unravels her complex, chaotic life.
“I really wanted to tell my mother's story as best I could because she wasn't here to do it for herself,” Owen told People.
Biography elliot owens wikipedia She also collaborated with RCA on remastering her mother's album "Don't Call Me Mama Anymore" and revealed in the Facebook video that, although the album was recorded live, studio recordings of those songs do exist. My Account. Owen grew up not knowing who her biological father was but was eventually able to track him down. Cass Elliot, better known as Mama Cass, was in the s Los Angeles band the Mamas and the Papas, who made some of the most irresistible songs in a decade that was not short of gorgeously melodic musicians."And I felt like her story should come from her family."
Who was Cass Elliot?
Cass Elliot, whose real name was Ellen Naomi Cohen, was born on September 19, , in Baltimore, Maryland.
Cass, often called Mama Cass, was a veteran singer and actress.
She was well-known as a member of the singing group The Mamas and the Papas.
However, Cass also found success on her own and released five solo albums after The Mamas and the Papas broke up.
She passed away on July 29, , in London, United Kingdom.
Somehow, a rumor spread that Cass had reportedly died while choking on a ham sandwich.
“I would go over to kids’ houses after school and eventually one of their parents would ask me ‘Did your mom really die choking on a ham sandwich?’" recalls Owen, as reported by People.
"First of all, the chutzpah to say that to a child is just crazy but it happened a lot."
"So I felt it was my duty to figure out what that story was all about," she added.
It turns out Mama Cass's manager, Allan Carr, inadvertently started the rumor when he told Sue Cameron, then a Hollywood Reporter columnist, that there was a half-eaten ham sandwich on Cass's nightstand.
The rumor also helped dispel more sinister reasons for her death, such as a potential drug overdose.
While no drugs were found in Cass's system at the time of her death, Owen is unsure whether her mother's earlier drug use – if any – played a role in her passing.
“Everybody was doing it,” she said.
"I wasn’t there but would be surprised if there weren’t any drugs around," she added.
In reality, Cass reportedly passed away from a heart attack, despite only being 32 years old.
Due to her stellar career with The Mamas and the Papas, Cass was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
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Was Cass Elliot married?
Cass Elliot had two marriages before she died in
Her first marriage was to James Hendricks in
Hendricks is a guitarist and folk musician, best known as a former member of The Mugwumps.
The band, started by Hendricks and Elliot, also included Denny Doherty and Zal Yanovsky.
However, just like their group, which only lasted eight months, the duo's marriage didn't last long.
The couple's marriage was annulled in
Cass later married journalist Donald von Wiedenman in , but they divorced in
She had one child – Owen Vanessa Elliot, in
Owen grew up not knowing who her biological father was but was eventually able to track him down.
Owen's father was Chuck Day, also known as Bing Day, a guitarist and baritone bluesman from Chicago.
His paternity was revealed only after his death on March 10,
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