Casey Kasem, Legendary Host of ‘America’s Top 40,’ Dies at 82

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kasemKemal Amin “Casey” Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, radio personality and actor, best known for being the host of the music radio programs American Top 40, American Top 20, and American Top 10 from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of Norville “Shaggy” Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.

Casey Kasem cause of death.

Casey Kasem dies on June 15, 2014, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington.  Casey Kasem was  82 years old at the time of his death.

Illness lead to his death

On June 6, 2014, Kasem was reported to be in critical but stable condition at a hospital in Washington state, receiving antibiotics for bedsores and treatment for high blood pressure. It was revealed that he had been bedridden for some time.

Judge Daniel S. Murphy ruled that Kasem had to be hydrated, fed, and medicated as a court appointed lawyer reported on his health status. Jean Kasem claimed that he had been given no food, water, or medication the previous weekend. Kerri Kasem’s lawyer stated that she had him removed from artificial food and water on the orders of a doctor and in accordance with a directive her father signed in 2007, saying he would not want to be kept alive if it “would result in a mere biological existence, devoid of cognitive function, with no reasonable hope for normal functioning.” Murphy reversed his order the following Monday, after it became known that Kasem’s body was no longer responding to the artificial nutrition, allowing the family to place Kasem on “end-of-life” measures over the objections of Jean Kasem.

Casey Kasem – American Top 40 The 70’s

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