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6 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Heart attack

Heart attack, brought on by obesity.  

Correct! 

 

This was a good example of "keep your mouth shut if you're not in charge of talking to the press." She was found in bed, with an ENTIRE, UNEATEN sandwich within arm's reach.   Can't choke on something NOBODY has ever eaten, let alone yourself.  The old saw about it being a HAM sandwich was just a cheap joke about a Jew choking on something non-Kosher.  (Or another cheap shot about her weight by invoking a pig, take your pick.) 

Why do people think she choked on a sandwich?  The coroner choked on the air!  The media showed up with cameras and microphones.  He got nervous ("he choked")  and began rambling and spewing nonsense instead of checking his notes.  There was a sandwich present, that's true. It had nothing to do with cause of death, unless the sandwich scared her and instigated the heart attack while it sat on the plate. 

 

  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ham-and-wheeze/

It is true that she seemed to dislike answering to "Mama Cass." She appeared on game shows, and was NEVER referred to as "Mama Cass", even though it would have made the audience recognize her faster. Every single time, she was called "Cass Elliot", which was her stage name. (Her real last name was Cohen, and "Cass" came from her Dad jokingly comparing her to "Cassandra" of Greek myth.