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19. Don't forget "Mama" Cass Elliot - not Black but fat

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 03:39 PM

Feb 2012

People still think she choked to death eating; in fact, she had been fasting most of a week for four weeks and had lost 80 pounds, which may have contributed to the fatal heart attack which really killed her.

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Whitney Houston and moving beyond tragic narratives for women [View all] Catherina Feb 2012 OP

if Charlie Sheen died tomorrow, somehow I think 'drugs' would also be listed in the first paragraph stockholmer Feb 2012 #1

That's why I was up for a while just thinking about it Catherina Feb 2012 #2

well, you definitely have my support in the war against sexism stockholmer Feb 2012 #3

Thanks for even more questions to think about Catherina Feb 2012 #4

To be honest - DURHAM D Feb 2012 #7

I wondered about this justiceischeap Feb 2012 #10

I can just shake my head in sadness after reading your words Catherina Feb 2012 #14

Autopsy results released today indicate that Whitney died of legal drugs in a lethal combination. yardwork Feb 2012 #22

I was more annoyed by the constant claims on message boards and in some tblue37 Feb 2012 #5

They had a biography of Whitney Houston on last night tammywammy Feb 2012 #8

Those infuriated me Catherina Feb 2012 #17

I've been thinking about this article too, I saw it a couple of days ago. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #6

When the Beatle's broke up, who did they blame? justiceischeap Feb 2012 #9

Right? I think she still catches shit for that. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #11

I heard a new twist on this story: John Lennon wanted to leave the Beatles no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #13

I agree but get confused when I throw in the race aspect on top of it Catherina Feb 2012 #15

The racism is definitely putting her at the bottom of the disrespect pile. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #18

Other great women who sang their hearts out were given an asterisk next to their names no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #12

That list Catherina Feb 2012 #16

Don't forget "Mama" Cass Elliot - not Black but fat REP Feb 2012 #19

Oh yeah, my bad. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #20

That was a particularly cruel rumor that she choked while eating. Way to invalidate a person's life. yardwork Feb 2012 #21

I think so, since dieting may very well have killed her REP Feb 2012 #23

True that - "offensive on so many levels" DURHAM D Feb 2012 #24

Agree on all counts. Absolutely. yardwork Feb 2012 #25

I was so mad over the way she was treated. Rex Feb 2012 #26