{"id":2239247,"date":"2024-05-07T14:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daughter-of-mama-cass-speaks-out-about-those-ham-sandwich-death-rumors\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:14:29","slug":"daughter-of-mama-cass-speaks-out-about-those-ham-sandwich-death-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daughter-of-mama-cass-speaks-out-about-those-ham-sandwich-death-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Cass&#8217;s Daughter Addresses Ham Sandwich Death Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdaughter-of-mama-cass-speaks-out-about-those-ham-sandwich-death-rumors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Owen Elliot-Kugell, daughter of\u2064 singer Mama Cass, addresses the misconception of her mother choking\u200d on a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vegan-activists-encase-their-feet-in-concrete-to-protest-starbucks-charging-more-for-almond-milk\/\" title=\"Vegan Activists Encase Their Feet in Concrete to Protest Starbucks Charging More for Almond Milk\">ham sandwich<\/a>. Mama Cass, known\u2063 for\u200d her success with &#8220;The Mamas &#038; the Papas,&#8221; is remembered for hits \u200blike &#8220;California Dreamin'&#8221; and &#8220;Monday, Monday.&#8221; Elliot-Kugell&#8217;s memoir, &#8220;My Mama,\u200d Cass,&#8221; dispels the ham-sandwich myth ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worst-person-to-ever-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom-katie-hill-mocks-rush-limbaugh-blowback-ensues\/\" title=\"\u2018Worst Person To Ever Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom\u2019: Katie Hill Mocks Rush Limbaugh; Blowback Ensues\">50th anniversary<\/a> of Elliot&#8217;s passing. Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter \u2064of the renowned singer Mama Cass, confronts the false \u2062belief of her mother choking on \u200ca ham\u2064 sandwich. Mama Cass, a \u2062key member of &#8220;The Mamas &#038; the Papas,&#8221; is celebrated for hits such as &#8220;California Dreamin'&#8221; and &#8220;Monday, Monday.&#8221; Elliot-Kugell&#8217;s upcoming memoir, &#8220;My Mama, Cass,&#8221; debunks the ham-sandwich misconception before the 50th anniversary of Elliot&#8217;s death.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Owen Elliot-Kugell, daughter of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/music\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">singer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Mama Cass, said her mom didn\u2019t really choke to death on a ham sandwich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere was a ham sandwich, but she didn\u2019t eat it and she didn\u2019t choke on it. So enough with the jokes,\u201d she said. The rumored cause of death has been the butt of jokes, including in the popular <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">comedy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cAustin Powers\u201d (1997), for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellen Cohen went by the stage name <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cass Elliot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and was called \u201cMama Cass\u201d early in her career. She rose to fame as a member of the singing group the Mamas &#038; the Papas and performed hit songs including \u201cCalifornia Dreamin,&#8217;\u201d \u201cMonday, Monday,\u201d and \u201cWords of Love\u201d in the late 1960s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elliot received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&#038;R) Performance for \u201cMonday, Monday\u201d in 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elliot-Kugell is releasing a memoir, \u201cMy Mama, Cass,\u201d ahead of the 50th anniversary of Elliot\u2019s death on July 29. She dispelled the myth of the ham sandwich in her new book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEven as a little girl, when I was hanging out with my friends at school, they didn\u2019t know who my mom was, but I would go home to have playdates with some of these kids and it was kind of frequent that one of their parents would make a comment to me like, \u2018Hey, did your mom really die choking on a ham sandwich?\u2019\u201d Elliot-Kugel said, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-68949240\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She continued, \u201cIt bothered me because it was such a horrible story, and I knew that it wasn\u2019t true. And it just felt so cruel to have a rumor like that perpetuated. It tortured me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elliot-Kugel did a lot of research to determine what happened on the day her mom died ath the age of 32. She said the singer had a jam-packed day and did have a ham sandwich on a plate in her apartment but apparently never took a bite. Elliot-Kugel discovered that her mother\u2019s friend, Sue Cameron, who was a journalist, came up with the story to help avoid other rumors at the request of her manager, Allan Carr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715167897594000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0ZhOYl1hUvyplEJT3QwTSU\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo many of her peers had passed away due to drug overdoses that Carr really wanted to protect her. And there was a sandwich that was found there,\u201d Elliot-Kugel explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She added, \u201cAllan Carr wanted to protect his client\u2019s legacy and in a weird way it did. So now I understand, and it makes sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the autopsy, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priscilla-presley-praises-elvis-biopic-starring-austin-butler\/\" title=\"Priscilla Presley Praises \u201cElvis\u201d Biopic Starring Austin Butler\">singer died<\/a> from a heart attack and had no drugs in her system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mama Cass struggled with her weight and obesity for her whole life, often going on crash diets and taking drugs to lose weight. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her daughter said she\u2019s proud of what her mom achieved despite being heavier than many of her contemporaries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elliot-Kugel said the singer \u201cpursued and persevered until she made it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe knew when she was a teenager that she wanted to be a performer and told everybody that she was going to be the most famous fat girl that ever lived. She had that forethought of knowledge as a child. I think that\u2019s pretty cool. I think that\u2019s really cool,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen Elliot-Kugell, Mama Cass&#8217;s daughter, debunked the myth of her mother choking on a ham sandwich. She clarified that her mother neither ate nor choked on it. 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