When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.

The Cohens later moved to Alexandria Virginia (a suburb of Washington D. The Las Vegas Sun wrote "Cass Elliot making a strong point that Cass Elliot is no longer Mama Cass has a good act serving notice that Cass Elliot is here to stay. She then retired for the evening and died in her sleep at age 32.

After the group broke up Cass Elliot released five solo albums. Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen; September 19 1941 – July 29 1974) also known as Mama Cass was an American singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas. Her daughter Owen Kuegell stood in for her mother at the ceremony.