Owen recalls. "The two of them shot each other a knowing look and they told her Chuck Day. They knew his name and that’s all they had to go on.” Related: All About Cass Elliot, the Late Singer ...

The myth that Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich ... “By the time she got back to her flat, it was evening the following day,” Elliot-Kugell told the BBC in a new interview.

Still, Cass Elliot carved a place for herself in pop culture ... No matter how badly I feel about my body one day, I still deserve to be in love with it the next. Like Mama Cass, I take up space ...