September 24, 2009 - Mackenzie Phillips sat with Oprah Winfrey yesterday (9/23) for her first interview about her new memoir, in which she details an alleged drug-fueled, incestuous relationship with her father, "Papa" John Phillips, one of the founding members of the celebrated '60s pop band The Mamas & The Papas.
March 19, 2001 - John Phillips, co-founder and principal songwriter of '60s pop group the Mamas and the Papas, and also a key organizer of the Monterey Pop Festival, died of heart failure on Sunday. He was 65.
