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Miss Elliot had pursued solo career since 1968, but she was still best known to the general public as the largest, most visible member of the Mamas and the , Papas, a folk‐rock group formed in 1965. In 1971, she married a German Baron, Donald von Weidenman, but the marriage soon resulted in an annulment. Furthermore, under German law, her name would have been registered under " Baronin von Wiedenman" (not Baroness von Wiedenman) if it was registered in Germany at all. T. Anthony 11:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Reply [ reply ] That's how it seems to me too - I'm trying to get a copy of the video or a transcript of it to see if anything else is revealed - if not, I am inclined to remove the whole section.

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As far a pop culture she was also a "guest star" on a Scooby Doo Movie "Haunted Candy Factory" 1973. The Guardian submits that while Elliot was able to act like her size didn't bother her, John Phillips remembered her reluctance to appear on stage next to Michelle Phillips.

Miss Elliot had pursued a solo career since 1968, but she was still best known to the general public as the large st, most visible member of the Mamas and the Papas, a folk‐rock group formed in 1965. Elliot insisted that her sense of humor had not developed as a defense mechanism because of her weight. But she sadly passed away in the flat she was living with her friend and road manager, George Caldwell, during her stay in England. I also think that this article should focus more on Cass and cut down on the Mamas and the Papas section with a pointer to the main article (which could use some work too) - for example, why is the main picture one of the group? In 1969, Charles Manson and his followers notoriously murdered actress Sharon Tate and others in Los Angeles.

Fortunately, the band had heard about Elliot's impending arrest, which also included skipping on her hotel bill, and dumped their drugs before docking at Southampton. A.’s office in Los Angeles where he altered evidence to convict Sirhan Sirhan for the Robert Kennedy assassination, orchestrated by the CIA, a clutch of affluent right-wingers with ties to the John Birch Society and an assortment of neo-Nazi groups in Southern California.

Miss Elliot’s reputation for honesty and hearty, sometimes self‐parodistic good times did much to endear the Mamas and, the Papas to their fans, Miss Elliot stood as proof that one didn’t have to be beautiful or thin to be successful and idolized and to live in lavish Beverly Hills splendor. She also remained as close to her daughter as she could, and was uneasy when Owen grew too close to her nannies.Television: " A cover version of Make Your own Kind of Music has been recorded by Paloma Faith which is featured in the Skoda advert: Driven By Something Different (2018), for their Karoq model car. This coincidence obviously had no impact on her life or death - there's a good chance that he was aware that she had died in that flat, and if reliable sources say so it may of interest to his biography. Cass Elliot had already had a taste of solo stardom with her 1968 hit, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me," according to U Discover Music. Maybe she knew the real reason for JOhn's making up the story (about her weight) and didn't want to validate that. During her solo career, Miss Elliot , who stood 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed up to 250 pounds, pursued a variety of crash diets, and at one time claimed to have lost 120 pounds, But she retained her earth y image until the end.

This urban legend seems to stem from fatphobia and does not necessarily have anything to do with Elliot, but more about the need to sensationalize and make jokes about her death. According to Fiegel, Pic Dawson was dealing drugs to numbers of the people who were at Roman Polanski’s home, 10050 Cielo Drive, on August 8, 1969. Convinced that they had created a unique sound and had a future, Adler offered to both record the quartet and serve as their manager. Close Personal Friends is the tantalizing memoir of a naïve young American moving to London in 1966 only to find himself in the free-loving heart and stoned-out soul of the Swinging Sixties.The Guardian explains Elliot had plunged into a diet of fasting for four days a week, which lasted seven months.