CASEY KASEM PASSED AWAY ON FATHER'S DAY

AP NEWS: LOS ANGELES — Casey Kasem, the internationally famous radio broadcaster with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the top 40 countdown with a syndicated show that ran for decades, died Sunday. He was 82.

Danny Deraney, publicist for Kasem’s daughter, Kerri, says Kasem died Sunday morning. A statement issued by the family says he died at 3:23 a.m. on Father’s Day morning surrounded by family and friends.

“Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken,” wrote his daughter Kerri Kasem on Twitter and Facebook from the family. “The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our dad.”

READ WHAT HAPPENED TO CASEY KASEM STORY HERE

UPDATE** CASEY KASEM HEALTH DECLINING RAPIDLY

 ***UPDATE***
PORT ORCHARD, WASH. — A Washington state judge on Friday said Casey Kasem’s daughter, not her stepmother, is in charge of the medical care for the 82-year-old radio personality, who remains in critical condition with an infected bedsore.
However, all members of Kasem’s family can visit him at the hospital — just not at the same time, Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Forbes ruled.

“Right now, Casey Kasem’s health is declining and (he) won’t be with us much longer,” daughter Kerri Kasem’s spokesman, Danny Deraney, said in a statement.
“I want to be there for my dad,” Kerri Kasem said outside court Friday, KOMO-TV reported. “All of us. So if he does happen to open his eyes and look up, his entire family is there.”

**UPDATE**  Casey Kasem was hospitalized and is in critical condition. Doctors report he is alert and on anti-biotics for bed sores... It would appear that medical/legal intervention was necessary. 

PORT ORCHARD, WASH. — A spokesman for the daughter of Detroit native Casey Kasem says the ailing radio personality has been taken by ambulance to a hospital or medical facility in Washington state.

Danny Deraney told the Associated Press that Kerri Kasem accompanied her father, the voice behind “American Top 40,” when an ambulance took him Sunday afternoon to receive care. He didn’t know where the 82-year-old entertainer went.

His condition is not known, but Kerri Kasem said in court Friday that her father is suffering from bedsores and lung and bladder infections. She also has said her father has a form of dementia.

Casey Kasem's wife screams as he's taken to hospital: The family feud over Casey Kasem's well being grew even more bitter Sunday as he was taken by ambulance to a hospital Sunday with his daughter Kerri at his side. She's been battling her father's wife Jean over the radio icon's care.

CASEY KASEM FOUND IN WASHINGTON STATE

 

Authorities found Casey Kasem in Washington State..not sure what city yet but I have had a ton of hits from Seattle and Spokane....

• Casey Kasem was reportedly found hours after his daughter filed a missing persons report: Just hours after the legendary radio host's daughter, Kerri Kasem, told PEOPLE that she would file a missing persons report for her ailing father, 82, in order to allow the FBI and local police to join in the search, the New York Daily News reported Kasem to have been found in Washington state.

Santa Monica Police Sgt. Mario Toti told the Daily News, "He's already been found." A spokesperson for Kerri Kasem and her siblings said in a statement, "We have received confirmation that Casey Kasem has been found. The family has grave concerns about his health and will do everything in their power to bring him back home."

WHY IS WIFE TRYING TO HIDE CASEY FROM HIS KIDS AND FRIENDS?

WHY IS CASEY KASEM BEING HIDDEN FROM HIS CHILDEN AND FRIENDS??

CASEY WAS FOUND TODAY IN WASHINGTON STATE STORY HERE

**UPDATE**

It would appear from accounts we have been following, that wife of 34 years Jean Kasem, couldn't let go of her husband no matter what type of torture his health was causing him. The kids knew that Casey was in hideous condition and needed mercy intervention. 

So most likely the answer was that Jean took Casey to Washington state to escape having to remove him from life support. Sadly, he was suffering and as much as we sympathize with Jean's loss, we are relieved that the legendary DJ will be free from this horrible pain.

The courts reversed their decision to force feed him and now have agreed to remove him from life support....

What in the world is going on with this poor man? Are the children gold digging and are so evil that his wife Jean would go to such extremes to keep them away? Or is she the evil controlling step mother from hell? This whole scene is a giant nightmare and all I can say is poor Casey Kasem... he was one of the hardest working men in entertainment. I am certain that if he was in his right mind he would be horrified by the shenanigans of his family. FULL STORY

Kasem was married to Linda Myers from 1972 to 1979 and they have three children together Kerri Kasem Mike Kasem and Julie Kasem.Liberty Irene Kasem is his daughter with current wife Jean.

In October 2013, Kerri Kasem said her father was suffering from Parkinson's disease.[16] Due to his condition, Kasem is no longer able to speak.[17] On October 1, 2013 Casey Kasem's three adult children and his brother protested in front of Kasem's home, saying Jean Kasem had been preventing contact with Kasem for three months.[15] On October 7, 2013, Julie Kasem and her husband, Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, filed a conservatorship petition to place Casey Kasem under their care.

On May 12, 2014, Kerri Kasem was granted conservatorship over Jean Kasem's objection. The court also ordered an investigation into Casey Kasem's whereabouts after Jean Kasem's attorney said that Kasem had been removed from the country and would not reveal his location to the court.
 

LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of Casey Kasem after an attorney for the ailing radio personality’s wife said the former “Top 40″ host had been removed from the country.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered a court investigator and adult protective services to find out where Kasem is being treated and report back to the court. Kasem, 82, suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease, can no longer speak and has been in various medical facilities chosen by his wife, Jean Kasem.


ABC US News | ABC Entertainment News

Casey Kasem, the most famous DJ in America, has disappeared, and his whereabouts remain a mystery, even to his own children.

A judge ordered an investigation into Kasem’s whereabouts Monday after an attorney for the ailing radio personality's wife said the former "Top 40" host had been removed from Los Angeles without his children's knowledge.

Kasem, 82, suffers from Lewy body dementia, which causes a progressive decline in mental abilities. He has been in various medical facilities chosen by his wife, Jean Kasem.

Kasem’s children say their stepmother had barred them from seeing their father. This is the family’s second bitter court battle over visitation.

Daughter Kerri Kasem had sought a temporary conservator-ship and was appointed her father's temporary caretaker Monday. Her attorney, Troy Martin, said the family believes the entertainer has been taken to an Indian reservation in Washington state.