Cass Elliot : Dream A Little Dream : The Cass Elliott Collection

 Ellen Naomi Cohen

 (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), 

known professionally

 by the stage name

 Cass Elliot, 

was an

 American singer. 

She was also known as

 "Mama Cass", 

a name she 

reportedly disliked.

 Elliot was a member

 of the singing group

 The Mamas & the Papas. 

After the group broke up, 

she released 

five solo albums. 

Elliot received the 

Grammy Award for

 Best Contemporary

 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.

On April 22, 1974,

 Elliot collapsed in

 the California television studio

 of 

The Tonight Show

 Starring Johnny Carson

 immediately before her

 scheduled appearance 

on the show. 

She was treated at a hospital 

and released, 

then dismissed the incident

 as simple exhaustion

 in interviews 

and in the conversation 

she had with

 Carson during her May 7 visit 

to his show's studio

 where she made it

 through the telecast.

Soon after Elliot videotaped

 an appearance on the

 syndicated 

Mike Douglas Show,

 which originated

 from Philadelphia, 

she began two weeks 

of solo concerts 

at the London Palladium.

She felt elated by the

 standing ovation she received 

on the last night 

of the engagement, 

which was

 Saturday night, July 27.

 She made an 

international phone call to 

Michelle Phillips, 

during which Elliot cried

 from happiness 

over her success

 at the Palladium, 

as Phillips has stated in

 numerous interviews. 

Elliot began a 

24-hour celebration.

 She first attended the

 31st birthday party of 

Mick Jagger 

at his home on 

Tite Street in 

Chelsea, London.

After the party, 

Elliot went to a brunch

 in her honor presented by

 Georgia Brown.

 While there, 

according to biographer

 Eddi Fiegel,

 Elliot was blowing her 

nose frequently, 

coughing

 and having

 trouble breathing.

 Next she attended a 

cocktail party

 hosted by 

American entertainment

 journalist

 Jack Martin.

 She seemed in high spirits 

but also appeared

 physically

 exhausted and sick.

 Elliot left that

 party at 8:00 p.m.

 on Sunday,

 July 28, 

saying she was tired

 and needed to

 get some sleep.

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

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