At 7, Owen ElliotKugell was told that her mother, singer Cass Elliot, wouldn't be coming home again. "I remember thinking to myself that they were wrong. I knew she was going to come home because she always did," Owen tells Closer.
In a new memoir, My Mama, Cass, the daughter of the Mamas & the Papas singer reveals the story of her mother and their family. "She didn't get a chance to tell it, so I figured I was the next best thing," Owen says.
Many of Owen's memories of her mother, whose hits include "California Dreamin"" and "Monday, Monday," involve travel. The Mamas & the Papas hit their apex releasing a third album and performing before 18,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl - just months after Owen's birth in 1967. A year later, Cass set off on a solo career. "I have memories of going to the airport to pick her up and of running down the sidewalk to greet her," says Owen.
This story is from the May 13, 2024 edition of Closer US.
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