I've been following this news story for quite a while and it's pretty sad.

Casey Kasem, who was interviewed in the Bobby Fuller segment, and is of course a radio legend, being the original host to the countdown shows from the 70's up to the 2000's, was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia (frequently mixed-up with Parkinson's Disease) some time ago. His wife Jean, an actress, who has appeared on Cheers among other roles, has prevented Casey's children from seeing him and was even believed to have left the country with Casey without the children's knowledge (one of his daughters has been appointed temporary caretaker of him.)

Well Casey was found in WA yesterday, but the ongoing drama between Jean and Casey's children might continue. It's tough to make heads or tails of it, but Jean sounds like a nutcase.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/casey-kasem-missing-family-blames-703544

Money does funny things to people. I think jean has a temporary conservatory over the estate, not sure how long that is going to last. If you think this is bad you should read up on the estate of Jimi Hendricks.

Bobby Fuller, as in The Bobby Fuller Four and 'I Fought the Law' Bobby Fuller?

I don't think I ever saw that segment. Now I need to find it.

Bobby Fuller, as in The Bobby Fuller Four and 'I Fought the Law' Bobby Fuller?

I don't think I ever saw that segment. Now I need to find it.

It's a good one. I've probably read more than most about rock music but I didn't know about the mystery surrounding his death.

Money does funny things to people. I think Jean has a temporary conservatory over the estate, not sure how long that is going to last. If you think this is bad you should read up on the estate of Jimi Hendricks.

It's his daughter Kerri who has the temporary conservatory.

Bobby Fuller, as in The Bobby Fuller Four and 'I Fought the Law' Bobby Fuller?

I don't think I ever saw that segment. Now I need to find it.

The Bobby Fuller segment originally aired on UM in 1996.

As long as this thread is about Casey Kasem, whose UM interview I remember, he worked with Robert Stack at least once that I know of: They lent their respective voice in the Transformers animated movie. Kasem was the voice of Cliffjumper in that film, as well as the '80s cartoon; Stack, of course, was the voice of Ultra Magnus (later voiced by Jack Angel in the same cartoon).

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Bobby_Fuller

here's the latest:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/showbiz/casey-kasem-hospitalized/

This ordeal kind of reminds me of the Loretta Meyers segment.

I saw the news yesterday where they showed the clip of Jean throwing the beef at Kerri Kasem. Like you wiseman, I don't know the specifics but so far, it's been easy to side with the kids. Jean is doing herself no favors, kidnapping the guy, disappearing for a week and now yesterday's embarrassing public display.

moving up 40 notches all the way up to Heaven...

Sad news, and on Father's Day nonetheless. Casey died yesterday at age 82. He had been removed from life support earlier in the week.

Casey brought such a high level of professionalism to his job (he started the countdown shows in 1970) that I can't stand to listen to anyone else but him host it. I will miss this kind, generous, funny and talented man.

Jean Kasem will be investigated for elder abuse

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/radio/6121525/casey-kasems-death-police-expect-elder-abuse-report-in-the-near

this story keeps getting weirder and weirder. Casey is missing again, this time after death. Still more fighting between Jean and the kids.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-casey-kasem-body-missing-kerri-kasem-restraining-order-20140718-story.html

P.S. Jean Kasem is an AMAZON WOMAN!!

That's crazy. And to top it off, I live maybe 5 minutes (10 at the outside) from that funeral home. I knew about him missing and that he had died, but I didn't know it was all that close to home. Crazy.

this story keeps getting weirder and weirder. Casey is missing again, this time after death. Still more fighting between Jean and the kids.

This isn't exactly surprising. You had to know as soon as Jean got possession of the body that she would do something to stick it to Casey's kids. She'll probably have him buried in some secret grave and never tell his kids where it is.

The woman is a psycho nut-job.

This isn't exactly surprising. You had to know as soon as Jean got possession of the body that she would do something to stick it to Casey's kids. She'll probably have him buried in some secret grave and never tell his kids where it is.

The woman is a psycho nut-job.
It's sad that this man who in life brought joy and entertainment to so many is not being allowed to rest in peace. :(

Uh. Jean Kasem is referring to her step-children as "terrorists". Casey's daughter Kerri had a court order preventing Casey's body from being removed out of California, but Jean had it moved before the court order could be enforced. In better news, Kerri is trying to pass legislation in California to give children the right to visit their aging or incapacitated parents.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/22/showbiz/casey-kasem-remains-unburied/

Another article I read said that both Jean and Casey's children plan to have an autopsy performed on Casey's body.

Here's another article that states Jean moved Casey's body for the sole purpose of remaining in control of it. (I read in anothe article that Casey had no known ties to Montreal that anyone knows about.) Kerri was given a conservatorship over Casey, which Jean fought in court. Apparently, Jean and the kids started fighting right after her marriage to Casey in 1980, and she accuses them of aiding his death. :(

http://q13fox.com/2014/07/22/report-casey-kasems-body-now-in-canada/

If Jean really loved Casey, she would not play these stupid sick games. It seems all she cares about is money and sticking it to her stepkids.

I think Jean Kasem HAS been blackmailed by them.

DNR and hospice are NOT meant to starve someone. Casey was being starved to death and that is not how any doctor lets someone die a peaceful death. Jean wanted to feed him, which is caring and compassionate - the way it is supposed to be. It is unethical and inhumane to starve someone.

The fact that Kasem's daughters are swirling around allegations of elder abuse against Jean is absurd. As if it is somehow lost on anyone that Casey died during the time he was in their care. And the reason for this is because they were NOT FEEDING him! He starved to death!

It seems that 35 years ago, Casey married Jean and these girls are deeply resentful of that. He signed all legal orders to be handled by his wife Jean. He did not want to see his daughters - they were estranged at best.

I saw both daughters interviewed on Access Hollywood yesterday and to be quite honest, they seem like pretty vile individuals.

I've always thought there is probably more to the story than what the media is reporting. In any event, the latest news doesn't portray Jean in a flattering light (well, none of the news does really)

Apparently, she had been cheating on Casey for the last 2 years of his life, even going as far as to have her boyfriend living in their condo, and also falsely telling Casey that they were divorced. She's also been dropped from her lawyers for non-payment (she owes half a mil) and they described her as a "pain-in-the-ass client" who refuses to speak by phone and rarely answers e-mails.

http://www.newser.com/story/191515/casey-kasems-missing-body-case-gets-even-weirder.html

a "pain-in-the-ass client" who refuses to speak by phone and rarely answers e-mails.

LOL, sounds like me! :lol:

I do agree that there is a lot we do not know and the news is not reporting. There have been only little tidbits on these unscrupulous daughters and
their motives on the money and control of Casey's body related to scientology.

It is also ridiculously obvious and easy to see that the media has taken sides a long time ago. They are so clearly in these daughter's camp. I have yet to see one story that fairly lays out Jean's side of the story without framing her as crazy and cuckoo. Unbiased reporting apparently died a long time ago.

I think that because of the one-sided slant, it is incumbent upon us to see that Jean just might have a point on a couple of things.

Zoinks!

Casey has finally been buried, 6 months after his death.

Zoinks!

Casey has finally been buried, 6 months after his death.


And in Norway, of all places. CNN says he was born and lived in the US and wanted to be buried here. Did his wife do that just to make it hard on his kids (who were feuding with her) to visit his grave?

At his age and level of fame, I would have assumed that he had a will declaring his final wishes, including a purchased cemetery plot of his choice, and his relatives wouldn't be able to do anything about it without contesting. I haven't followed this case closely, did any of that happen?


http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/23/showbiz/casey-kasem-burial/index.html

48 Hours did an episode on this drama in 2018.

"48 Hours" explores the family feud over radio legend Casey Kasem -- how he died and who was responsible. At stake: an estate that could be worth $100 million. "48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

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Who do you think was responsible for the death of Casey Kasem?

48 Hours did an episode on this drama in 2018.

"48 Hours" explores the family feud over radio legend Casey Kasem -- how he died and who was responsible. At stake: an estate that could be worth $100 million. "48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

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Who do you think was responsible for the death of Casey Kasem?

What a sad end to a freakin' legend.

I need to follow up and refresh myself on the facts, but it seemed like EVERYONE was greedy in this one. Which is a bummer, because everything I had read about Kasem suggested that he was a kind and loving person who did not deserve the ending he got...