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It was 48 years ago today (July 29th, 1974) that "Mama" Cass Elliot of the Mamas & The Papas was found dead in a London apartment. Elliot, who had just performed two sold out performances at the London Palladium, died of what coroners ruled an apparent heart attack. Elliot, whose real name was Ellen Naomi Cohen, had been performing as solo act since the group began to splinter in 1968. That same year, according to legend, Crosby, Stills, & Nash performed for the first time together in her Laurel Canyon living room and dedicated their most recent live set CSN 2012 to her. She is portrayed briefly in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 movie, One Upon A Time. . . In Hollywood. In the years following her death due to Elliot's obesity and a rumor that suggested a half-eaten ham sandwich was found on the nightstand next to her bed stories and jokes that she choked to death have cast a shadow on her legacy; despite the fact that it was noted in the coroner'