Be anything but an architect" - Kurt Vonnegut. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer, Gorgeous photographs of Blondie's lead singer by Brian Arts. Dr. Simpson covered up the true cause of death with his Victorian cardiac fantasia — and, they say, the cover-up proves the crime. Her recordings still get airplay today, and feature in commercials and film soundtracks. Please consider making a donation to our site. The sandwich story was a famous case of when “the legend becomes fact, print the legend”. By the time she was 19, Cass was performing in the Washington D.C. area. I don't totally agree with that. Six are enough to be fatal and Moon never regained consciousness. Not long before his first heart attack Nilsson found out that his entire $5 million fortune had been embezzled leaving him and his family almost destitute and it was said that he never really recovered from the shock. For great art and culture delivered to your door, visit our shop. An uncommon cause of sudden unexpected death in a young man. Julie was the first Catwoman to TV's Batman. Ah-Ha-Ha-HAHAHA! A ham sandwich was found on a table nearby, but an autopsy revealed an empty stomach and clear airways. I knew at that moment it was destiny put us together. This would be consistent with the various times she is reported to have passed out during the 1963-74 time period. Singer Cass Elliot, or Mama Cass, pictured in London, during her run of sell out shows at the London Palladium, England July 12th 1974. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images. Marianne Faithfull once said about Harry: We used to do drugs together. We’ll wrap it up about four. Philip was a small-business man, and struggled with a variety of different food companies, including a kosher caterer, before an early death in 1961. Coincidentally Keith Moon, a man with a prodigious appetite for booze, died from an overdose of medicine prescribed in an attempt to stop him drinking. Singer Cass Elliot, or Mama Cass, pictured in London, during her run of sell out shows at the London Palladium, England July 12th 1974. John Phillips, Michelle Phillips (yes, they were married), Denny Doherty, and Cass Elliot found their way into each other's artistic circle and soared, says Biography. The simple truth was much more tragic, and even less humorous. Don’t stick anything in your ears. In what our more enlightened times would call a cut-and-dried case of fat shaming, John was reluctant to allow Cass to perform on stage — great voice, but also, well, chubby. CNN quotes a nutritionist, Dr. Linda Bacon, who points out that long-term calorie-cutting can eventually lead to heart muscle loss. In the case of Cass Elliot, at least once she kept up seven months of fasting four days per week. He had bought it impressed with the location, it was near Apple Records (he was a good friend of The Beatles) but more importantly near the Playboy Club and Tramps disco. Keith remembered: We were supposed to be on the set at six, but it was nine before everyone was there. At the cusp of mega-fame photographs of the Rolling Stones in their respective homes by Danish photographer Bent Rej. Compared with his two friends, however, Nilsson managed to live to a relatively grand old age of fifty two before his body gave up. She accepted who she was, a sexy woman who was never short of boyfriends, but I think if she could have been thinner, she would have.". 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She might have proudly carried her weight, but it clearly bothered her. Cass is consistently described as funny, intelligent, informed, and thoughtful, committed to her art and committed to her daughter. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1982;106:497-8. They do not owe us anything.