Sophie Tucker lung cancer and kidney failure on February 9, 1966, aged 79, in New York City. She had continued working until the months before her death, playing shows at the Latin Quarter just weeks before. She is buried in Emanuel Cemetery, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, her home state. Tucker's comic and singing styles are credited with influencing later female entertainers including Mae West, Rusty Warren, Carol Channing, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, Ethel Merman, "Mama" Cass Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas, and most notably Bette Midler, who has included "Soph" as one of her many stage characters. She also
Mama Cass (restaurant) Mama Cass (restaurant) "Mama Cass Restaurants" is one of the food based companies in Nigeria. In November 1983, Charis Grace Onabowale opened the first location at Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State. The first outlet carried for the first time the brand "“Mama Cass Cafeteria”". Mama Cass Restaurants currently owns a chain of about 14 quick service restaurants and has expanded its service locations to other parts of the country. Besides Lagos, other outlets are located in other Nigerian states including Ogun, Edo, FCT, and also in the United Kingdom. Mama Cass specializes in home cooked traditional African meals and international