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"Cheers" dominated the TV landscape in the 1980s. Viewers were caught up in the relationship between bartender/bar owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and the barmaid who felt like she was too good for the job, Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). Would she unbend enough actually to have fun with Sam? Could he manage to stand how pretentious she was? Hanging out with Sam, Diane, and the bar denizens of "Cheers" was like visiting old friends, gossiping about their lives, and getting invested in relationships that we weren't part of. 

As it turns out, Shelley Long was as invested as fans were in the Sam and Diane storyline. In fact, there was an episode early on that had the actor breaking down behind the scenes, according to a 25th-anniversary feature in The Hollywood Reporter from 2018. That episode involved a moment between Sam and Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) that Diane wasn't even there for.

Exclusive: The final years and death of radio legend and entertainer Casey Kasem is explored in a new documentary podcast series narrated by The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai star Martin Kove.

Bitter Blood: Kasem vs. Kasem comes from Ayr Media and has been set at Audible as part of the producer’s overall deal at the Amazon-owned platform.

The series will reveal the shocking insights into the events preceding Kasem’s passing in 2014 and the eventual wrongful death lawsuit filed by his three eldest children and his brother, against Kasem’s widow, Cheers and Ghostbusters actress Jean Kasem.

Bitter Blood (see trailer below) will reveal evidence and testimony prepared for that trial that has never been seen or heard.

Narrated by Kove (left), a family friend, the series will feature first-hand accounts from Casey’s daughter Kerri Kasem, who is an exec producer, close friend Mike Curb and protégé Ryan Seacrest.

Casey Kasem's children can have some peace of mind after cops confirmed they had nothing to do with his death, but his widow ... maybe not so much. As we reported ... police in Washington opened an investigation into Kasem's death last month at the request of his widow, Jean Kasem, who alleged members of the Church of Scientology and Casey's kids conspired to kill the radio icon for his money. But, Gig Harbor Police concluded...

In a new interview with Inside Edition, the widow of Casey Kasem speaks out for the first time in person since accusing her stepchildren in the radio host’s 2014 death.

Jean Kasem – who filed a wrongful death, negligence and fraud lawsuit against her stepchildren and their attorney in June – attempted to prevent movers from seizing assets from her late husband’s Bel-Air mansion in the video, telling Inside Edition‘s Jim Moret, “I have the grant deed to the house. That shows I am the sole owner.”

The 63-year-old’s lawsuit against Kerri, Mike, and Julie Kasem, Julie’s husband,...

Casey Kasem’s widow and three adult children are still tangling over the circumstances of his death three years after losing the radio icon.

Earlier this month, Jean Kasem, 63, filed a lawsuit (obtained by People) against her stepchildren Kerri, Mike, and Julie Kasem, Julie’s husband, Jamil Anis Aboulhosn, and their attorney Troy Martin, for wrongful death, negligence and fraud. Catholic Health Initiatives, which operates the facility where Kasem died in 2014, is also named as a defendant in the papers.

Kasem’s three adult children — from his first marriage to Linda Myers Kasem — first filed a wrongful death lawsuit against...

Three of the late Casey Kasem‘s children and his brother filed a wrongful death suit against his widow, Jean Kasem, on Wednesday, claiming her actions led to the death of the longtime American Top 40 radio host. Kasem’s Kids File Wrongful Death Suit Against Stepmom “Casey’s early death occurred as a direct and proximate result […]

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Casey Kasem's kids and his brother think his widow abused him so badly it caused his 2014 death. Julie, Mike and Kerri Kasem just filed a lawsuit against Jean Kasem for wrongful death. In the docs, they say Jean repeatedly blocked them from seeing their father, and they say that separation caused him great emotional distress. The children along with Casey's brother, Mouner, say their father was doing as fine as could be -- considering...

Casey Kasem’s children and brother are suing his widow, Jean Kasem, for wrongful death and elder abuse. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court accuses Jean of inflicting emotional distress on Kasem’s children from a previous marriage by restricting access to their father before his death in 2014. “Casey’s early death occurred as a direct and proximate result of Jean’s neglect and physical abuse of Casey,” the lawsuit states. Also Read: Casey Kasem's Family and Friends Try to Stop His Burial in Norway The radio legend died on June 15, 2014, in Gig Harbor, Washington, at...

Casey Kasem's kids won a big battle with their dad's widow -- they're getting to cash a life insurance check that Jean Kasem tried to keep away from them ... TMZ has learned. Casey's 4 kids, 3 from a previous marriage, and his widow had been fighting over who gets one of two $2 million life insurance policies he left behind after his death in June 2014. One for Jean, and the other for a trust in the kids' names.

As in his life, Casey Kasem's death has not been without its drama. Nearly six months after his death, the radio legend reportedly has been buried in Norway by his wife Jean, who did not inform his children, according to a rep for Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem. "Jean buried him without telling the kids," Danny Deraney told ABC News. "She does not have to tell them since she is the conservator over his remains." Photos: Remembering Those We've Lost in 2014Kasem, the radio host of American Top 40 and the voice of such TV cartoon characters as Scooby-Doo's sidekick Shaggy,...

Nearly six months after his death, Casey Kasem has finally been laid to rest. Jean Kasem took it upon herself to bury her late husband last week in Norway. Unfortunately, Casey's children were not made aware of any plans. "Jean buried him without telling the kids," Kerri Kasem's rep said in a statement to ABC News. "She does not have to tell them since she is the conservator over his remains." The rep added, "Clearly the family is not happy, but they are also at peace knowing that they got to spend his final moments with him." For the past several months, Casey's widow and his children have disagreed as to where and when the radio legend should be...

Casey Kasem's older children have asked a judge that the late DJ's remains be returned to the U.S., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.  The bitter feud between Kasem's family and his widow Jean Kasem continues, with his kids from his first marriage having filed legal documents to force Casey's body to be brought back to the U.S. from Norway, where it has resided since August. Casey died on June 15 at the age of 82 after a battle with Parkinson's disease. Read more The Sad, Strange Family Battle Over Radio Legend Casey Kasem Reps for Casey's daughter Kerri Kasem

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Casey Kasem's body is decomposing in a Scandinavian mortuary ... and his kids have gone to court before there's no body left to bury.Kerri Kasem filed legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- asking a judge to force Jean Kasem to bring Casey's remains back to the U.S.Casey died in June, and his body has been rotting away in Norway since August.Jean has not even had the body embalmed, according to legal docs.

The dogfight over Casey Kasem's estate is now going to court -- his kids are waging war with his widow over a $2 million life insurance policy.MetLife actually filed the lawsuit ... telling the judge it's stumped. Both Jean Kasem and Casey's 3 kids have laid claim to the loot and the insurance company doesn't want to make the wrong decision and then have to pay out twice. So MetLife wants a judge to decide who gets the money.

The long, protracted battle over the late radio star's remains continues.

The long, complicated saga of Casey Kasem's final resting place has taken another turn today as his daughter, Kerri Kasem, announced on Twitter that the funeral home in Oslo, Norway has refused to bury the late radio star.

Kerri began a petition in August that sought to collect signatures in an attempt to get Casey Kasem's widow Jean Kasem to "respect Casey's wishes," referring to his alleged request to be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.

News: Casey Kasem's Body Headed To Norway For Burial

According to Kerri, the petition worked. "The funeral home in Norway refused to bury my Dad! Now, we are going to send letters and the Care2 petition to the hospital that is holding my father's body. We wanted 10,000 signatures and we more than doubled that. Thank you to everyone that signed and shared the petition."

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Casey Kasem's final days were rife with family drama, and his burial remains a source of contention two months after his death. And while no one could have predicted his sad end, the details of that time seem like works of morbid fiction. Though he spent his last two weeks surrounded by his three children from his first marriage, the iconic radio personality died thousands of miles from his California home - a circumstance caused by the actions of his wife, Jean, that began months before his death on June 15, at the age of 82. Kasem had been quietly living...

Casey Kasem’s children and friends plead with the Norwegian government not to allow for Kasem’s widow, Jean Kasem, to have the radio legend buried in Norway.

Jean Kasem To Bury Casey Kasem In Norway

Jean requested that her husband be buried in Norway on Aug. 7, claiming she intends to move there and that she is of Norwegian descent. While officials originally granted her request, Norwegian officials are reportedly reconsidering their decision after receiving the letter from Kasem’s friends and family.

Kasem’s daughter, Kerri Kasem, who also works in radio, has been very vocal about protecting her father from his widow, who she claims kept Kasem away from his children and friends in the last months of his life. Though Kerri was awarded temporary conservatorship over her father shortly before he died on June 15, Kerri and her siblings, Mike and Julie, reported that their father’s body was missing in July,...

Casey Kasem's final resting place is still being debated.   Almost two months after the radio icon passed away, Casey's widow, Jean Kasem, has submitted a written request to the government of Norway asking that she be allowed to have her late husband buried in the capital of Oslo. This week, however, Casey's children are fighting back and demanding the burial happen in California, where their father called home. In a letter obtained by E! News, Kerri Kasem and other family members ask Norway's government to refuse Jean's burial request. "As beautiful as your country is, our father has never spoken of any desire to be buried in Norway either to us or to his...

The children, family and friends of broadcast legend Casey Kasem have not backed down in their ongoing struggle with his wife, Jean Kasem. In a letter signed by 20 of his closest friends and family members, the country of Norway was formally asked to deny Jean's request to have her husband buried there. Also read: Casey Kasem Will Be Buried in Norway “As beautiful as your country is, our father has never spoken of any desire to be buried in Norway either to us or to his friends,” they wrote in the letter. “In fact, it was the opposite. Casey wanted to be buried in.

Casey Kasem's widow is Not off the hook just because she's thwarting the efforts of cops to get a full autopsy ... to determine if she committed elder abuse ... because we've learned cops are confident they have the goods to nail her.We've confirmed Jean Kasem is moving Casey's body from Montreal to Oslo, Norway, where Casey's body will be buried.  TMZ broke the story ... the Santa Monica Police Dept. is investigating Jean ... because they...

The already-too-long Casey Kasem saga takes another maddening twist: After taking his remains from a funeral home in Tacoma and sending them to Montreal, Jean Kasem — Casey's surviving spouse and official pain of the Kasem children — is reportedly going to bury his body in Norway. His three eldest children have said that his body is supposed to be interred in Glendale, California, but Jean Kasem has claimed "Norwegian roots" and plans to move there later this year. She wrote a letter to the Funeral Agency in Oslo claiming that her husband thought Norway symbolized "peace" and "look[ed] like heaven." As for the beleaguered Kasem children, the Los Angeles Times reports that a spokesman for his daughter Kerri wrote in an email, "We are trying to confirm if Jean is lying again about her heritage."...

The body of the late Casey Kasem will be buried in Norway, NBC News reported on Friday, Aug. 15. The legendary American Top 40 radio host died at the age of 82 back in June. Kasem's widow, Jean Kasem, submitted a written request on Aug. 7 for the late star to be buried in the capital of Oslo. "My heritage on my mother's side is Norwegian and I plan to move to Norway by the end of this year," she wrote. "Therefore, I would also like to be [...]...

Here's an update about Casey Kasem, who has still not been laid to rest two months after his death. His widow, Cheers actress Jean Kasem, who retains the legal rights over his remains, recently submitted an official written request to the government of Norway asking that her late husband be buried in the capital of Oslo, NBC News reported on Friday. Amid a longtime family feud, the location of the radio icon and Scooby-Doo star's body has not been revealed publicly since he died at age 82 on June 15. She is quoted as saying in her letter that Casey "always said that Norway symbolizes peace and looks like heaven" and that she "would like to respectfully...

The late DJ's remains will be interred at a cemetery in Oslo, according to reports.

The physical remains of the late Casey Kasem are reportedly going to be buried in Oslo, Norway, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Kasem died in Gig Harbor, Washington on June 15 at the age of 82 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia.

The Norwegian newspaper Vg was the first to report that Kasem's body would be interred at one of Oslo's 20 cemetaries, and this report was confirmed by a private investigator hired by Casey Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem.

News: Casey Kasem's Body Landed in Montreal

Before his death, a long, protracted legal battle began between Kasem's wife Jean Kasem and his three children, Mike, Julie, and Kerri Kasem, from his previous marriage to Linda Myers.

The story of Kasem's location has been a complex and, at times, very confusing one. In May, the ailing and immobile Kasem was reported missing...

The ongoing struggle between the wife of the late Casey Kasem and his children is heading overseas. Jean Kasem is taking the body of the legendary broadcaster to Oslo, Norway, where he will be buried. The move was first reported in a Norwegian newspaper, Vg, and has been confirmed by a representative for Kerri Kasem. According to the newspaper, a Norwegian government official, Wenche Madsen Eriksson, said, “It is arranged. He's going to Oslo.” Also read: Casey Kasem Death: Hollywood Reacts to the Radio Legend's Passing Kerri Kasem has an ongoing legal battle with her stepmother, Jean, over the care of Casey Kasem.

Casey Kasem’s remains are still a point of contention between his surviving wife Jean Kasem and his adult children, who claim the widow is relocating their father’s body to an unknown location.

Casey Kasem's Body

Kasem’s body is currently located at a Montreal funeral home, but according to investigator Logan Clarke, it will soon be headed to Europe.

"We have been told by some reliable sources that it's in Norway, but we don't have a confirmation," Clarke, who was hired by Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem, told the New York Daily News.

The Santa Monica Police Dept. has been investigating whether or not Jean Kasem committed elder abuse while looking after the famed radio DJ as his health continued to fail. Logan suspects that Jean Kasem is looking to hide her potential crimes from authorities.

"She knows there was only one autopsy done, the one that she requested,...

Casey Kasem's body is about to top James Brown's on the mileage front ... because we've learned it's being moved again ... this time thousands of miles away.Casey's body is currently in a Montreal funeral home -- nearly 2 months after he died in Washington.Sources tell us ... Jean Kasem is making arrangements to have the body flown to Europe ... possibly Oslo, Norway.  The move is significant. TMZ broke the story ... the Santa Monica Police Dept.

Jean Kasem just made another enemy -- her attorneys are cutting her off ... claiming she's a pain in the ass client who also happens to owe them a ton of cash.According to documents filed in Casey Kasem's conservatorship ... attorneys at Haney & Young are asking the court to relieve them as counsel for Jean, Asap.The lawyers claim Jean rarely responds to their emails -- and refuses to communicate by phone -- and worst...

Casey Kasem’s body has yet to be buried and is reportedly missing following his June 15 death at the age of 82.

Casey Kasem's Body Missing

Kasem’s children claim to not know where his body is, according to daughter Kerri Kasem’s publicist Danny Deraney. “We are not surprised,” Kerri Kasem told CNN, seeming to imply that they believe their father’s surivivng wife Jean Kasem may have something to do with the body’s disappearance. "We expected something like this to happen."

When approached for comment on the matter, Jean Kasem refuted claims that her late husband’s body was missing. "It's not," she told CNN. "Would you leave us to grieve in peace?"

In the months leading up to Kasem’s death, Kerri Kasem and her siblings from Casey Kasem’s first marriage fought for her conservatorship to be upheld in court. Eventually, a Washington state judge...

Casey Kasem's body is missing over one month after his death

Update: Et confirmed with Gaffney Funeral home in Washington that the funeral director in charge accompanied the body to the airport, and it was flown to Montreal. Casey's body left on a scheduled flight that landed on time in Montreal. Once the body landed in Montreal, Urgel Bourgie Funeral Homes took over.

A representative for Kerri Kasem has confirmed that Casey Kasem's body is no longer at the Washington state funeral home where it had been resting, and they do not know where Kasem's widow, Jean, or the body is.

Casey Kasem died over one month ago on June 15 at the age of 82 after battling Lewy body dementia. There was family drama over Kasem's remains.

Related: Casey Kasem Memorial Service Details

The Associated Press reported that a judge awarded his daughter Kerri Kasem a temporary restraining order preventing her dad's second wife, Jean Kasem, from cremating...

A judge has granted Casey Kasem's daughter a temporary restraining order preventing the famous radio host's wife from cremating his remains, but it's unclear where those remains are or whether they've already been disposed of. A lawyer for Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem said Friday that when he went to give a Tacoma, Washington, funeral home a copy of the restraining order, he was informed it no longer had the remains. "They said they could not disclose where he had gone or where he would end up," said the lawyer, Scott Winship. Tim Grant, funeral director at Gaffney Funeral Home & Cremation Services,...

A judge has granted Casey Kasem's daughter a temporary restraining order preventing the famous radio host's wife from cremating his remains, but it's unclear where those remains are or whether they've already been disposed of. A lawyer for Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem said Friday that when he went to give a Tacoma, Washington, funeral home a copy of the restraining order, he was informed it no longer had the remains. "They said they could not disclose where he had gone or where he would end up," said the lawyer, Scott Winship. Tim Grant, funeral director at Gaffney Funeral Home & Cremation Services,...

The family battle continues. The body of the late Casey Kasem is reportedly missing, his daughter Kerri Kasem claims. The legendary radio host of American Top 40 died at the age of 82 last month. "We are not surprised," Kerri told CNN. "We expected something like this to happen." Kerri's publicist Danny Deraney claimed that Casey's wife, their stepmother Jean Kasem, removed her husband's body from a funeral home in Washington state. (It was reported earlier this month that Casey's body still had not been buried.) Jean Kasem, [...]...

The late broadcaster Casey Kasem's body is missing. His daughter, Kerri, found this out after she was granted a temporary restraining order preventing Kasem's wife, Jean, from cremating his remains. When Kerri Kasem's lawyer went to the funeral home where Kasem's body was being held, he was advised the body was no longer there. “After he died, he was taken to a mortuary for 30 days. Now we believe Jean has taken him somewhere else,” a representative for Kerri Kasem told TheWrap. “We are trying to figure out where.” A lawyer for Jean Kasem did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request.

Casey Kasem's body is missing — and the private detective for the late DJ's daughter alleges Kasem's widow took it to hide signs of elder abuse. Kasem, who died June 15 at 82, was taken from a Tacoma funeral home despite a restraining order forbidding his removal or cremation. Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem has accused his widow, Jean Kasem, of taking his body out of the country and keeping his burial a secret so his family wouldn't be able to visit. "[Jean] is an extremely manipulative, cruel and egocentric individual," Kerri Kasem's private detective, Logan Clarke, tells The Hollywood

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Not only has Casey Kasem not yet been laid to rest more than a month after he died at age 82, but his body has gone missing...at least from the mortuary where it had been taken following his death, E! News has confirmed. The mysterious disappearance comes amid a longtime feud between his three children from a previous marriage, including daughter Kerri Kasem, and their stepmother and his widow, Jean Kasem, who retained the legal rights over his remains. She has not commented. The former host of the radio countdown show American Top 40 and voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo had been taken to a Washington funeral home after he died on June 15 and his family held a memorial service for him. Jean did not...

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. Photos Casey Kasem Through the Years 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 he wished. Kasem died June 15 at a hospital in Washington state. Deraney says the celebrity's second wife, Jean Kasem, has the rights to his body but has not yet arranged for him to be buried. Hospital spokesman Scott Thompson with St. Anthony

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Casey Kasem's daughter is claiming that a month after the passing of her father, he's yet to be buried.

Casey Kasem's daughter is claiming that a month after the passing of her father, he's yet to be buried.

The iconic radio personality died on June 15 at a hospital in Washington at age 82, but a spokesperson for his daughter Kerri Kasem tells People that his body remains unburied at a funeral home in Tacoma. Casey's second wife Jean Kasem has the rights to his body and has yet to make arrangements on her late husband's burial.

Related: Casey Kasem Death--The Family Battle Continues

Casey's kids are hoping to bury their father at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California, as they say he wished. A hospital spokesman told People that the radio host's wife did collect his remains at the hospital following his death, but made no mention of what she planned to do with them.

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 he wished. Kasem died June 15 at a hospital in Washington state. Deraney says the celebrity's second wife, Jean Kasem, has the rights to his body but has not yet arranged for him to be buried. Hospital spokesman Scott Thompson with St. Anthony Hospital says Kasem's wife collected...

Radio legend Casey Kasem died one month ago Tuesday, but his remains have not yet been buried, a rep for daughter Kerri Kasem told TheWrap. The rep, Danny Deraney, added that there is no family dispute ongoing: “Kerri gave the body back to Jean the moment he died,” Deraney said. Deraney said that the remains are still at a mortuary in Tacoma, Washington and have not yet been claimed. Jean Kasem's reps did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment. However, Deraney said the entire family was aware of Casey Kasem's desire to be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in.

Casey Kasem’s daughter Kerri opened up about her feud with stepmother Jean Kasem, including how the dispute could affect Casey’s burial and her trust fund on Thursday’s The View. Kerri Kasem said that her father’s body is still in Washington and hasn’t been buried despite her father’s wishes to be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles. List The Hollywood Reporter Reveals Hollywood's Favorite Films The Hollywood Reporter previously noted that Jean Kasem is in charge of Casey’s burial. Photos Hollywood's Most Fascinating Legal Sagas, From Casey Kasem to Michael Jackson Kerri also said that Jean last week sent

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Casey Kasem's children wanted him to die so they could collect on his sizable life insurance policy -- so claims the  DJ's widow, Jean Kasem.Jean tells TMZ ... Kerri Kasem called the funeral home and asked how quickly they could issue a death certificate. Jean thinks it's a money grab --- "Their impatience for Casey to die was obvious when they killed him and now their impatience to collect on the life insurance is even more telling.

Casey Kasem's children, Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem, will hold a private memorial service for family and friends on Saturday. The location will not be made public in order to ensure the ceremony is kept private, a rep for Kerri Kasem told TheWrap. It's unclear at this point if Casey's wife Jean Kasem will be invited. Also read: Casey Kasem, Legendary Radio Personality, Dead at 82 Casey Kasem passed away on Sunday morning. He was 82. The radio icon and voice of Shaggy on “Scooby Doo” had suffered from Lewy body disease, a progressive form of dementia, which left him unable to speak,...

Casey Kasem's children will hold a private ceremony for the late radio icon Saturday.

Casey Kasem's children Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem will hold a private memorial service for the radio icon's family and friends on Saturday, June 21, 2014, his family said in a statement Wednesday.

The location will not be revealed in order to ensure privacy for the ceremony.

Video: After Casey Kasem's Death, the Family Battle Continues

No word yet on if Kasem's wife, Jean Kasem – who is involved in a very public feud with three of Kasem's children -- will be present at Saturday's event.

Et learned Tuesday that Kerri will not keep Jean from planning the funeral, and will abide by the terms of the will, but that Jean "absolutely does not believe her."

Kasem passed away at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wa early Sunday morning, surrounded by his children, close family and friends. He was 82 years...

In the wake of Casey Kasem’s death, his wife Jean Kasem will handle his estate and burial plans for the late DJ, a rep for Kasem’s children tells The Hollywood Reporter. Photos Casey Kasem Through the Years The rep, Danny Deraney, said he had not heard of plans for a funeral or memorial service for the radio host, who died on Sunday. Jean and Casey’s children had been feuding before the DJ died, with Casey’s daughter Kerri Kasem placed in temporary control of his treatment. Photos Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 In the days prior to Casey’s death, Jean accused

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As Casey Kasem's family makes funeral arrangements in the wake of the DJ's death, there has been a pause in the campaign to get his widow, Jean Kasem, charged with elder abuse. "There is a time and place for that but now is not the time," says Kerri Kasem, who has led the family in confronting Jean, whom they have accused of hastening Casey's death by taking him out of a Santa Monica hospital on what Jean called "a vacation" to Washington State. Photos Casey Kasem Through the Years "What I can tell you about the incident is that

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There will be no tug-of-war over Casey Kasem's body ... Casey's kids have turned over his remains to his widow, Jean Kasem. An attorney for daughter Kerri Kasem tells TMZ Jean's attorney reached out to request the body be released to her. We're told Kerri obliged immediately, and notified the hospice where Casey died that his wife would be handling funeral arrangements.We're told Kerri and Jean never spoke directly ... only through attorneys.As we...

Goodbye, Casey Kasem. The legendary radio DJ, who hosted the wildly-popular "American Top 40" program and its various offshoots for over 30 years, died Sunday at the age of 82 surrounded by family and friends at a Washington hospital. "Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken," wrote daughter Kerri Kasem on Twitter and Facebook. "The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our dad." Kasem, who suffered from advanced Parkinson's disease and dementia in his later years, recently became the subject of a bitter feud when his adult children accused his second wife, former actress Jean Kasem, of keeping their father isolated from his close friends and family. Last year they filed a legal petition to be granted control over his health care, and in May a judge temporarily stripped Jean of her caretaker role after she...

Casey Kasem has died.

Iconic radio personality Casey Kasem passed away at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wa early Sunday morning, surrounded by his children, close family and friends. He was 82 years old.

His daughter Kerri Kasem shared the news on her Facebook on Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Video: Casey Kasem Hospitalized After Meat-Throwing Incident

"Early this Father's Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away surrounded by family and friends. Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken. Thank you for all your love, support and prayers," she wrote. "The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad. With love, Kerri, Mike and Julie."

No cause of death was given, those Kasem suffered a long battle with dementia and Parkinson's Disease.

Kasem was married twice and had four children, and in October, his three eldest children Mike, Kerri and Julie...

Legendary radio icon Casey Kasem, who became a household name as host of the “American Top 40” countdown and as the voice of Shaggy on the animated series “Scooby Doo,” died Sunday after a long illness. He was 82. Kasem suffered from Lewy body disease, a progressive form of dementia, which left him unable to speak, eat or move on his own. He was transferred to hospice care in Washington state shortly before his death following a weeks long bitter battle between wife Jean Kasem and his kids over his medical care. In a statement to TheWrap, an attorney for Kasem's children confirmed: “Casey.