The pop group 'The Mamas and The Papas' pose outside a hotel in London, in this Oct. 6, 1967, file photo. The four members are, left to right, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, Michele Gilian, and John Phillips. John Phillips, the group's principal songwriter, died Sunday morning, March 18, 2001 of heart failure at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 65. (AP Photo/Kemp, File)