Mama Cass’s Daughter is Setting the Record Straight on Her Tragic Death
Kugell wants people to stop making fun of her mother. For years, there was a rumor that Elliot, best known as the singer Mama Cass in the Mamas & the Papas, died while choking on a ham sandwich. Elliot-Kugell was just seven years old when her mom died at age 32 from a heart attack.