“My mother, Mama Cass, didn’t choke on a ham sandwich”
“My mother, Mama Cass, didn’t choke on a ham sandwich”
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Colin PatersonEntertainment Correspondent
It's about an attempt to right a mistake. One of the most famous musical myths is simply false.
Mama Cass Elliot's daughter of folk vocal group Mamas and the Papas, Owen Elliot-Kugell, has a clear message to share about the cause of her death mother: "There was a ham sandwich, but she didn't eat it and she didn't choke on it. So enough jokes."
And he has been the butt of many jokes for almost half a century, notably by Mike Myers as Austin Powers.
In the 1997 film, the time-switched special agent writes down a list of friends he knows in London, then writes them down when he remembers their death. After naming Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, he sighs sadly: "Mama Cass. Died. Ham sandwich."
Cass Elliot (Mama was a nickname she preferred not to use later in her career) sang on some of the most memorable singles of the mid-aughts 60, including California Dreamin. ', Monday Monday and Dream a little dream. His powerful voice was a crucial part of the harmonies that made the Mamas and the Papas so beloved.
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Colin PatersonEntertainment Correspondent
It's about an attempt to right a mistake. One of the most famous musical myths is simply false.
Mama Cass Elliot's daughter of folk vocal group Mamas and the Papas, Owen Elliot-Kugell, has a clear message to share about the cause of her death mother: "There was a ham sandwich, but she didn't eat it and she didn't choke on it. So enough jokes."
And he has been the butt of many jokes for almost half a century, notably by Mike Myers as Austin Powers.
In the 1997 film, the time-switched special agent writes down a list of friends he knows in London, then writes them down when he remembers their death. After naming Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, he sighs sadly: "Mama Cass. Died. Ham sandwich."
Cass Elliot (Mama was a nickname she preferred not to use later in her career) sang on some of the most memorable singles of the mid-aughts 60, including California Dreamin. ', Monday Monday and Dream a little dream. His powerful voice was a crucial part of the harmonies that made the Mamas and the Papas so beloved.
Image source, Getty Images
