It is an often-repeated story that Michelle Phillips had known Andre when she was a little girl, and it was learning of his death, from falling down an elevator shaft, that reminded her of the song "Dream a Little Dream," and inspired Cass Elliot to record the song for their group "The Mamas and the Papas." But in fact Andre died in 1960, eight years before they recorded the song, and he didn't die in a fall, he was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico City, and his death was attributed to natural causes.
