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Omaha Steve

(99,079 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 08:38 PM Jun 2014

Casey Kasem taken away in ambulance after wife, daughter argued

Source: AP-USA Today

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Ailing radio personality Casey Kasem was taken by ambulance to a medical facility in Washington state after an argument between his wife and daughter, authorities said Monday.

Kasem, 82, and his wife Jean were staying with friends near Seattle when authorities responded Sunday to a 911 call and found Jean and Kerri Kasem arguing, said Deputy Scott Wilson, public affairs officer for the Kitsap County sheriff's office.

A doctor was present when Casey Kasem was removed from the home, said Wilson, who did not know where Kasem was taken.

The episode marked the latest twist in the ongoing dispute between Jean Kasem and her stepdaughter, who has said in legal filings that her father suffers from a form of dementia.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/06/02/casey-kasem-hospital/9855841/





Casey Kasem poses after receiving the Radio Icon award during the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas on Oct. 27, 2003.
(Photo: Eric Jamison, AP)
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Casey Kasem taken away in ambulance after wife, daughter argued (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP
I smell... Mike Nelson Jun 2014 #1
Yes indeed, if Casey was broke, they'd have him in a home by now KinMd Jun 2014 #3
See also this story from NBC Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2014 #2
I think the wife wouldn't mind if he died. I think the kids (who aren't poor) want to keep their MADem Jun 2014 #4
I read a number of different stories, and apparently passiveporcupine Jun 2014 #5
Zoinks! Tom Ripley Jun 2014 #6

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. I think the wife wouldn't mind if he died. I think the kids (who aren't poor) want to keep their
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:59 AM
Jun 2014

dad around for awhile. I know the judge gave one of the children (a daughter) authority over his medical care because he wasn't been treated adequately. The wife also tried to keep the kids away from their dad--that's never a smart move.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
5. I read a number of different stories, and apparently
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:02 AM
Jun 2014

Yeah, I think Jean blocked the kids from seeing him for three months.

Apparently, Jean Kasem removed him from a nursing home a month ago and took him to a friend's house in Washington, where she was trying to hide him from his family and the court order. The kids weren't notified and they filed a missing person's report. They finally found out he was in Washington.

Kerri Kasem said he is suffering from bed sores and lung infections since being removed from the nursing home and she finally got a court order leaving his care to her, so she came with an ambulance to take him away, and took him to a hospital.

Jean may have thought she was letting him die in peace, in a home environment, and the kids aren't ready for him to die yet. Also both the step kids are supposedly cut out of his will already (I presume under Jean's direction).

Money probably is involved, but from which side? Unfortunately, Casey cannot speak due to his dementia, so it's a battle between Jean and the kids now. Jean may just be losing it.

This is a sad and tangled web. No one should have to go out this way.

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