Famed radio host Casey Kasem dead after judge rules daughter can take him off life support.
Casey Kasem -- the original voice of the American Top 40 countdown -- died Sunday morning ... TMZ has confirmed.
His daughter Kerri said on Facebook this morning ... her dad was surrounded by family and friends. adding, "Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken."
Casey was suffering from advanced Parkinson's Disease and dementia. His wife Jean Kasem moved him to a convalescent home in Santa Monica a few months ago.
Kasem founded the "AT 40" radio franchise back in 1970 ... and famously hosted the wildly popular show until 2004. He went on to do several spinoff countdown shows until he retired from radio in 2009.Jacked from TMZ
2 comments:
R.I.P.. Mr. Kasem had a voice made for radio.
Well technically he's been in a vegetative state for many years, having no real quality of life and this procedure was imminent. as a former nurse I never saw the use keeping people on life support or keeping them in hospice for years in a vegetative state, its a waste of money and time. death is a beautiful event in another stage of evolution, only in the west do folks want to hang on even while laid up a damn vegetable for years, I'm from the school of thought if your don't see improvement in a couple of years pull the damn plug, his illnesses he had made any quality of life impossible so death was the far more humane solution. I wonder why he cut his Indian children out his will and let the Caucasian wife and child in the will. something in the milk ain't clean, personally their family drama is like any other trifling ass dysfunctional family. all these muthafukkas need to fade to black.
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