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Mamas & the Papas Singer Cass Elliot’s Daughter Recalls Life With Mom Before Her Sudden Death at 32


The Mamas & the Papas’ singer Cass Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, exclusively tells Closer about her life with her mom before her sudden death at 32.

The Mamas & the Papas hit their apex — releasing a third album and performing before 18,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl — just months after Owen’s birth in 1967. Frazer Harrison / Getty ImagesWould-be biographers have contacted Owen over the years asking for help in telling Cass’ life story, but she finally realized she wanted to do it herself. “He said that he had met me [once as a child] and that he had honored what my mom asked of him, which was to stay away and let her raise me,” explains Owen, who maintained contact with him sporadically until his 2008 death.

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