Wouldn't you know it, number three on the Daily Mirror's roster of the "Top 10 Weirdest Rock 'n' Roll Deaths" is that old chestnut about Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas choking to death on a ham sandwich. "That tired story has long ago been dismissed as a case of sloppy journalism," About.com's Weird News guru Buck Wolf objects. She actually succumbed to heart problems, Buck explains, "and it's since become one of rock's biggest myths." Read more...
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The most legendarily weird aspect to the story is that Cass had nothing to do with rock, the Mamas & the Papas being a folk group. The biggest urban legend of all time is that folk, disco, funk, R&B, rap, reggae, jazz or any other type of non-R&R music are the same things as rock.
The Mammas & Pappas sang “I Dig Rock N Roll Music” which was a big hit on Pop radio in their day thus revealing their rock roots. It would be remiss to refer to them as strictly ‘folk’ artists because they weren’t. I think the term was ‘folkrock’, ogden… and they were legendary so get your urban legends straight.
Please be done with this article.
It’s offensive to gentle souls.
I really do count on you for help in sorting out fact from fiction.
I would say exactly what Audrey said but plagarizing isn’t my style.
Seriously, why do we have to be hit with this everytime we log on to this site