Cass Elliot

AKA:
Mama Cass Elliot
Birth Name:
Ellen Naomi Cohen
Birth Date:
September 19, 1941
Birth Place:
Baltimore, Maryland
Death Date:
July 29, 1974
Place of Death:
Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London
Age:
32
Cause of Death:
Heart failure
Cemetery Name:
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks
Claim to Fame:
Music
Her unmistakable voice as a founding member of The Mamas and The Papas in songs like California Dreamin’, Monday Monday and Dream a Little Dream of Me, catapulted her into the iconography of the 1960’s.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Mount Sinai Memorial Parks

5950 Forest Lawn Drive

Los Angeles, California, 90068

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California
Map of Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California

Grave Location:

Court of Tanach, Lot 5000, Grave 2F

Grave Location Description

As you enter the Court of Tanach, walk to the back and Cass is in the last row on the left in the lawn area

Grave Location GPS

34.1484615,-118.3171612

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Read More About Cass Elliot:

Videos Featuring Cass Elliot:
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming
Mamas & Papas - Twelve Thirty
Cass Elliot interview July 15, 1974 on Mike Douglas
Behind the Music - the Mamas and Papas
Make Your Own Kind of Music ( Mama Cass Elliott )
The Tragic Death Of The Mamas And The Papas' Cass Elliot

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