Cass Elliot Death
Ellen passed away on July 29, 1974 at the age of 32 in London, England, UK. Ellen's cause of death was heart attack.
When did Cass Elliot die?
July 29, 1974How did Cass Elliot die? What was the cause of death?
Heart attackHow old was Cass Elliot when died?
32Where did Cass Elliot die? What was the location of death?
London, England, UK
Cass Elliot Birthday and Date of Death
Cass Elliot was born on September 19, 1941 and died on July 29, 1974. Ellen was 32 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 19, 1941
Date of Death: July 29, 1974
Age at Death: 32
Cass Elliot's sister :
Cass Elliot's sister, Leah Kunkel, is still alive and kicking at the age of 75. She is American and has had a career as a singer.
Cass Elliot - Biography
Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen; September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), also known as Mama Cass, was an American singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. In 1998, Elliot, John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their work as The Mamas & the Papas.
Elliot was married twice, the first time in 1963 to James Hendricks, her group mate in the Big 3 and the Mugwumps. This was reportedly a platonic arrangement to assist him in avoiding being drafted during the Vietnam War; the marriage reportedly was never consummated and was annulled in 1968. In 1971, Elliot married journalist Donald von Wiedenman, heir to a Bavarian barony. Their marriage ended in divorce after a few months.
Elliot gave birth to daughter Owen Vanessa Elliot on April 26, 1967. She never publicly identified the father, but many years later, Michelle Phillips helped Owen locate her biological father. When Chuck Day died in 2008, it was revealed that he was Owen's father. After Elliot's death, her younger sister, Leah Kunkel (then married to Los Angeles-based session drummer Russ Kunkel), received custody of Owen, then seven years old, and raised her along with her own son, Nathaniel. Owen grew up to become a singer as well and toured with Beach Boys member Al Jardine.
On April 22, 1974, Elliot collapsed in the Burbank, California television studio of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson immediately before her scheduled appearance on the show. She was treated at a hospital and released, then dismissed the incident in interviews, including one on the American television talk show The Mike Douglas Show, as simple exhaustion. Her appearance on that episode of The Mike Douglas Show turned out to be her last for television.
In July 1974, Elliot performed two weeks of concerts as a solo performer at the London Palladium. Many claimed that all of these shows were sold out, but she was often playing to a less-than-full house after the earliest dates. She made an international call to Michelle Phillips after the final concert on July 28. Phillips said later that Elliot sounded elated that she had received standing ovations each night.
She may have retired for the evening immediately after this telephone conversation, but Debbie Reynolds claimed in her 2013 book Unsinkable: A Memoir that she and her children, Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, saw Elliot at a party that night at the London home of Mick Jagger. Reynolds noticed that when Elliot left the party saying she was headed to where she was staying, she was not accompanied by anyone.
That night, Elliot, age 32, died in her sleep at the London flat where she was staying. According to forensic pathologist Keith Simpson, who conducted her autopsy, her death was due to heart failure. A drug screen that was part of the forensic autopsy revealed there were no drugs in her system. Elliot died in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square), Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, which was on loan from singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. Four years later, The Who's drummer Keith Moon died in the same room, also aged 32 years. Elliot was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
