Cass Elliott
Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974 Baltimore, MD), known professionally by the stage name Cass Elliot, was an American singer. A member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas (1965–68), she was also known as “Mama Cass“, a name she reportedly disliked. After the group broke up, Elliot released five solo albums. She received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance for “Monday, Monday” (1967). In 1998, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work with the Mamas & the Papas. Elliot retired to an apartment at Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square) in the Mayfair district of Central London, owned by singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, who allowed her to stay there. Later that night, Elliot died in her sleep at age 32. According to Keith Simpson, who conducted her autopsy, she died of a heart attack, and there were no drugs in her system.Four years later, Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in the same bedroom, also aged 32 years.