Casey Kasem

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A spokeswoman for the funeral service agency in the Norwegian capital says the wife of U.S. radio personality Casey Kasem has cited her Norwegian heritage as a reason for burying her late husband in Oslo. Kasem, the host of “American Top 40,” died June 15 in Washington at age 82. His […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A publicist for Casey Kasem’s daughter says the late radio personality’s children are working with law enforcement following a report that Kasem’s wife is making arrangements to have Kasem’s body flown to Europe. Danny Deraney, a publicist for Kasem’s daughter Kerri, told The Associated Press in an email Tuesday that Kasem’s […]

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A judge in Washington state has granted Casey Kasem’s daughter a temporary restraining order preventing the famous radio host’s second wife from cremating or removing his remains from a funeral home. Casey Kasem died June 15 at a hospital in Washington state, but court records show his body remains at a […]

SEATTLE (AP) — A spokesman for Casey Kasem‘s daughter says the famous radio host’s unburied body remains at a funeral home in Tacoma, Washington, a month after his death. Danny Deraney, publicist for Kerri Kasem, says Kasem’s children from his first marriage hope he will be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California, as […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Casey Kasem, the smooth-voiced radio broadcaster who became the king of the top 40 countdown, has died at age 82. Danny Deraney, publicist for Kasem’s daughter, Kerri, says Kasem died Sunday morning. Kasem’s “American Top 40” began on July 4, 1970, in Los Angeles. The No. 1 song on his list […]

LOS ANGELES  — Casey Kasem‘s daughter has the authority to withhold food and fluids from her ailing father, a judge ruled Wednesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy reversed a ruling from Monday that stated that Kasem should receive food, fluids and certain medications until after a court-appointed attorney met with the former radio […]

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — The wife of ailing radio personality Casey Kasem was served Friday with a California court order that temporarily suspends her powers to determine her husband’s medical care amid concerns about his health and welfare. The order Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies said they delivered also expands daughter Kerri Kasem’s authority to determine […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 Los Angeles without his children’s knowledge. Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered a court investigator and adult protective […]