Ms. Elliot (better known as Mama Cass) died of a heart attack in 1974.

The reviewers were calling her Elizabeth Taylor or Mama Cass.

The song was born out of Elliot's frustration with being identified as "Mama Cass".

And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass.

And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

Did Mama Cass really choke on a ham sandwich or what?

It featured music from the group and focused on his relationship with Mama Cass.

Mama Cass died in 1974.

That the pure-voiced Mama Cass died prematurely is not, of course, lost on Leah.

Mama Cass had done better than any of them with her solo career, but then tragically died so soon afterwards.