“'My mom was a forward-thinking woman-of-size who made it in an industry that was largely controlled by men,' she said. 'That makes her story timely.'”
~ Owen Elliot-Kugell, Jim Farber
"'The truth was just too painful’: the highs and lows of Mama Cass"
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/07/mama-cass-elliot-book
"In 1974, Cass was booked to an extensive, and very successful, residency in London. After completing the last show in July she retired to an apartment in Mayfair where, several hours later, she died in her sleep from a heart attack. In her book, Elliot-Kugell works diligently to uncover the origin of the ham sandwich story. She discovered it was cooked up by her manager, Alan Carr, just so no one speculated that drugs were the culprit. Well-meaning as that may have been, it turned her mother’s death into a punchline. The mere fact that people fell for it bold-faces the prejudice that surrounds weight. 'It was easier for the public to accept the idea of someone being gluttonous when they’re heavy,' Elliot-Kugell said. 'It made the story salacious.'”
~ Jim Farber
"'The truth was just too painful’: the highs and lows of Mama Cass"
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/07/mama-cass-elliot-book
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