Casey Kasem has passed away ~ Rest in peace, Casey

[Kimster]

I also think that her whole persona is being his wife. I can remember when I was a teen she was trying to ' break into' acting and had a very few bit roles here or there and was on some celebrity type shows and was usually referred to as ' casey kasem's wife jean'. I think her 'celebrity' dies with him, so keeping him alive means keeping herself 'famous'.

This thought has crossed my mind as well....

 

[Morag]

I am kind of surprised at the total one-sidedness of opinions on this situation. Mrs. Kasem is sorta crazy right now, and no one seems to acknowledge that she needs help to get through this thing. She has been married to Casey for 30+ years, and there's no reason to believe it was a loveless marriage.

She's been seeing him die for almost a decade, and as one who has seen a Lewy Body sufferer wither and die, I know how hard that must have been for her. Apparently her religious beliefs make it impossible for her to accept the 'let him die peacefully' idea. Many, many people feel this way- I have those in my family who wanted my MIL to be sustained artificially no matter what (but she had an end of life directive). Casey probably gave his daughter that POA because he knew Jean believed differently. What is little known is that end of life directives are frequently ignored by doctors and hospitals- if family members protest, or if doctors have their own beliefs. Living wills don't always get carried out the way the writer might hope.

And apparently the family relationship was healthy and normal until 2007, unlike some who have claimed that it was bad from day one of the marriage.
I don't believe that the "children" are totally noble and innocent in this sad affair. Nor is Jean. I find it sad that a near-widow is being castigated and made fun of.

 

[Wagara]

I find her removing him from the hospial, the road trip, and him beng left with virtual strangers reprehensible. I fault Jean for that. But my surprise is that there isn't more fault being laid at Casey's feet for this mess. Thesr are his children and his family and he allowed them to be virtually stripped from his life. If what I've read here is true, and his children weren't allowed in his home after the age of 18 is true, then these problems have got to predate 2007. Signing a document giving someone other than your spouse total medical authority did not make Casey's life easier, it made everyone else's life harder. MOO and unpopular I'm sure.

 

[gitana1]

Jean makes me sick. I cannot imagine anyone acting in a more repulsive way towards their spouse and the spuses children by a previous marriage.

When my late fiance died, I took nothing except the money that was in our bank account that his mother knew was specifically for me. I know I had a right to more but would not do that to his children. Because i loved him, i respected his children and knew that their loss was greater than mine. I packed his belongings and made sure they got them. Even before his death, i had no ill will to his first wife and kids. In fact I completely supported all efforts to treat them beyond what the law would require. i was with him because I love and adored him, not because of any financial benefit I stated that very clearly.

My current hubby has 3 adult children and I love them dearly. i have made a point of telling him that he needs to plan for his death and how to deal with that. i do NOT want to inherit our large piece of land and house. It has always been my belief that it belongs to his kids. All i want is the right to live here till i die which is no problem as the property is quite large and we have many acres. The children love me as I do them so I doubt this would ever be a problem.

Jean is just so hideously repulsive to me. What a vile creature she is. I hope that Karma gives what she so richly deserves and she finds that any man who will have her is just after her money and she sees how that feels.

I wonder if she is avoiding going to Washington because she fears being charged with some of the vile things that she has done.

I love you.

This is sickening and just gets worse every day. Although , I am not a fan of the ' state' interfering in family affairs, I wish some ' state' would take custody of Mr . Kasem and at least be sure he is stabilized while this is sorted.

And if we've learned nothing else, we surely have learned how NOT to behave when a loved one is near death. Ridiculous , childish and shameful!

The state (actually, two), has interfered and has ruled in favor of the daughter handling his care. Jean lost her appeal and Mr. Kasem will not be force fed. http://news.yahoo.com/court-denies-...-him-put-021800790.html?bcmt=comments-postbox

This has been sorted.

gitana1, do you think Jean will end up being charged criminally at the end of this investigation?

I don't know. My hunch is no.

I am kind of surprised at the total one-sidedness of opinions on this situation. Mrs. Kasem is sorta crazy right now, and no one seems to acknowledge that she needs help to get through this thing. She has been married to Casey for 30+ years, and there's no reason to believe it was a loveless marriage.

She's been seeing him die for almost a decade, and as one who has seen a Lewy Body sufferer wither and die, I know how hard that must have been for her. Apparently her religious beliefs make it impossible for her to accept the 'let him die peacefully' idea. Many, many people feel this way- I have those in my family who wanted my MIL to be sustained artificially no matter what (but she had an end of life directive). Casey probably gave his daughter that POA because he knew Jean believed differently. What is little known is that end of life directives are frequently ignored by doctors and hospitals- if family members protest, or if doctors have their own beliefs. Living wills don't always get carried out the way the writer might hope.

And apparently the family relationship was healthy and normal until 2007, unlike some who have claimed that it was bad from day one of the marriage.
I don't believe that the "children" are totally noble and innocent in this sad affair. Nor is Jean. I find it sad that a near-widow is being castigated and made fun of.

Can you please link to support that the family relationship was normal until 2007? Because everything I have read and heard indicates she has not allowed her husbands kids in "her" home since they turned 18, was never a good stepmother when they were little and was estranged from his brother for 33 years.

It is telling that in 2007, right after his diagnosis, he gave the power to his kids, not his wife of 30 years.

Also, I was unaware he has been dying for 10 years. I thought his Parkinson's diagnosis was in 2007 and a diagnosis doesn't equate to dying.

I find her removing him from the hospial, the road trip, and him beng left with virtual strangers reprehensible. I fault Jean for that. But my surprise is that there isn't more fault being laid at Casey's feet for this mess. Thesr are his children and his family and he allowed them to be virtually stripped from his life. If what I've read here is true, and his children weren't allowed in his home after the age of 18 is true, then these problems have got to predate 2007. Signing a document giving someone other than your spouse total medical authority did not make Casey's life easier, it made everyone else's life harder. MOO and unpopular I'm sure.

I have to agree. I know of a few people in this situation right now, who allow their crazy or abusive spouses to have full control and to run rough shod over the children. That is not love for anybody.

He knew, for his whole marriage, that his wife was difficult and rotten to his family and friends. Instead of making excuses for her, saying "she's insecure...she'll come around.", he should have dealt with his mentally ill or cruel wife way back then and refused to allow her to force him to live two separate lives. And he should have had a meeting with everyone present, at which he explains his will and trusts and end of life decisions.

We all have to take responsibility for the decisions we make in life and not leave our families to fight it out when we die or become incapacitated. That's just cowardly passing the buck because one doesn't want to deal with an unpleasant situation.

But since Mr. Kasem is ill and dying, it's hard to get down on him now. Like my dad always used to say, "Ya pa' que?" (Loosely translated, "What's the point now?").

 

[LinasK]

I am kind of surprised at the total one-sidedness of opinions on this situation. Mrs. Kasem is sorta crazy right now, and no one seems to acknowledge that she needs help to get through this thing. She has been married to Casey for 30+ years, and there's no reason to believe it was a loveless marriage. Sorta crazy? How about full-on crazy?? I believe it was a loveless marriage to a golddigger.

She's been seeing him die for almost a decade, and as one who has seen a Lewy Body sufferer wither and die, I know how hard that must have been for her. Apparently her religious beliefs make it impossible for her to accept the 'let him die peacefully' idea. She's claiming it was his religious belief, not hers! Many, many people feel this way- I have those in my family who wanted my MIL to be sustained artificially no matter what (but she had an end of life directive). Casey probably gave his daughter that POA because he knew Jean believed differently. What is little known is that end of life directives are frequently ignored by doctors and hospitals- if family members protest, or if doctors have their own beliefs. Living wills don't always get carried out the way the writer might hope.

And apparently the family relationship was healthy and normal until 2007, unlike some who have claimed that it was bad from day one of the marriage. She has always isolated his first family- even his own brother!
I don't believe that the "children" are totally noble and innocent in this sad affair. Nor is Jean. I find it sad that a near-widow is being castigated and made fun of.

She will be a widow shortly no matter what. She hastened that process by taking him on a dangerous 5 day trip to hide him out! As far as making fun of her- anyone who throws packages of frozen ground beef while shouting biblical verses invites ridicule upon themselves. Jean has noone to blame for this situation but herself.
These are my responses in red.

 

[JSR]

I am kind of surprised at the total one-sidedness of opinions on this situation. Mrs. Kasem is sorta crazy right now, and no one seems to acknowledge that she needs help to get through this thing. She has been married to Casey for 30+ years, and there's no reason to believe it was a loveless marriage.



She's been seeing him die for almost a decade, and as one who has seen a Lewy Body sufferer wither and die, I know how hard that must have been for her. Apparently her religious beliefs make it impossible for her to accept the 'let him die peacefully' idea. Many, many people feel this way- I have those in my family who wanted my MIL to be sustained artificially no matter what (but she had an end of life directive). Casey probably gave his daughter that POA because he knew Jean believed differently. What is little known is that end of life directives are frequently ignored by doctors and hospitals- if family members protest, or if doctors have their own beliefs. Living wills don't always get carried out the way the writer might hope.



And apparently the family relationship was healthy and normal until 2007, unlike some who have claimed that it was bad from day one of the marriage.

I don't believe that the "children" are totally noble and innocent in this sad affair. Nor is Jean. I find it sad that a near-widow is being castigated and made fun of.

All news sources have said that, yes almost from day one the dynamic between Jean and all of Casey's family was strained. In fact Casey had to visit his children outside his home because Jean refused to allow the children inside "her" home. Jean and Casey have been married for 30 some years and Casey's oldest child is 41, you do the math. I can't image what children that young and younger could do to warrant that type of treatment from Jean. And as Casey got older Jean had Casey driven to Julie and Kerri's house for weekly visits and return him. She never accompanied him on any of the visits. And once Casey lost his ability to fully communicate she cut off those visits and isolated Casey from everyone, friends, family and former colleagues. That's not normal.

All other family members have said, like his brother and sister in law, that the last time they had spoken to Jean was when they got married.

 

[shana]

I had a post ready to go last night but didn't finish...so I'm putting it here now, even if it needs more editing after news since:

I wouldn't have a problem with the forced food and water provided it didn't cause him MORE pain. But at this point because he has to be positioned for his infected bed sore to heal artificial nourishment is causing him tremendous pain.

Casey isn't going to survive this and I can't imagine prolonging and intensifying his pain just because. Especially if he specifically stated he would not want it in his end of life directive he signed in 2007 well before he lost his mental capacities.

Bear in mind that he signed that directive and naming his daughter to direct all end of life measures in 2007 and NOT his wife of almost 30 years. Casey was aware when he signed that directive that Jean was not the right person to make his decisions.

Even without a bed sore and positioning, forcing food/water in a pt of his reported condition invites choking and a miserable death. As well, on a hospice protocol to permit him to pass peacefully, either or both could forestall if not literally obstruct his easy passing.

I've not yet responded to a reply to an assertion I made upthread about my takeaway lesson from this sad case. The very fact that Casey elected to change his advanced directive in 2007 goes more to my point...

I doubt that when he originally appointed his wife, Casey anticipated that he would later need to make a change. He certainly didn't expect THIS horrible display from his appointed.

Most of us don't have to deal with a situation such as this, with tons of money and a purportedly greedy spouse, and so on; nevertheless, spouses can become even gradually mentally incapacitated as time goes on and not be suitable decision-makers in the end...thus my suggestion for a 2nd (or even a 3rd) on the advanced directive.

Also to add: I am troubled that she ever placed him in a nursing home at all. With the reportedly $80M that he had earned, Casey could have been cared for in his own home with the best of health care workers, until The End.

~jmo~

ETA: Thanks to JSR for your many posts with which I wholeheartedly agree!

 

[LinasK]

I had a post ready to go last night but didn't finish...so I'm putting it here now, even if it needs more editing after news since:



Even without a bed sore and positioning, forcing food/water in a pt of his reported condition invites choking and a miserable death. As well, on a hospice protocol to permit him to pass peacefully, either or both could forestall if not literally obstruct his easy passing.

I've not yet responded to a reply to an assertion I made upthread about my takeaway lesson from this sad case. The very fact that Casey elected to change his advanced directive in 2007 goes more to my point...

I doubt that when he originally appointed his wife, Casey anticipated that he would later need to make a change. He certainly didn't expect THIS horrible display from his appointed.

Most of us don't have to deal with a situation such as this, with tons of money and a purportedly greedy spouse, and so on; nevertheless, spouses can become even gradually mentally incapacitated as time goes on and not be suitable decision-makers in the end...thus my suggestion for a 2nd (or even a 3rd) on the advanced directive.

Also to add: I am troubled that she ever placed him in a nursing home at all. With the reportedly $80M that he had earned, Casey could have been cared for in his own home with the best of health care workers, until The End.

~jmo~

ETA: Thanks to JSR for your many posts with which I wholeheartedly agree!

That tells me right there that it is about money, not love with Jean.

 

[Softail]

Casey Kasem Dead -- Radio Legend Dies at 82 After Battling Parkinson's Disease
Casey Kasem -- the original voice of the American Top 40 countdown -- died Sunday morning ... TMZ has learned.

His daughter Kerri revealed the news on her Facebook page this morning, saying he was surrounded by family and friends. Kerri adds, "Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken."


Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/15/casey-kasem-dead-dies/#ixzz34icsuogW

 

[Jessen]

RIP Casey Kaseem

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[Softail]

Kerri's Facebook -

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kerri-Kasem/142845292421119

So sad. He died on Father's Day.

 

[Disguiseduser0308]

I am kind of surprised at the total one-sidedness of opinions on this situation. Mrs. Kasem is sorta crazy right now, and no one seems to acknowledge that she needs help to get through this thing. She has been married to Casey for 30+ years, and there's no reason to believe it was a loveless marriage.

She's been seeing him die for almost a decade, and as one who has seen a Lewy Body sufferer wither and die, I know how hard that must have been for her. Apparently her religious beliefs make it impossible for her to accept the 'let him die peacefully' idea. Many, many people feel this way- I have those in my family who wanted my MIL to be sustained artificially no matter what (but she had an end of life directive). Casey probably gave his daughter that POA because he knew Jean believed differently. What is little known is that end of life directives are frequently ignored by doctors and hospitals- if family members protest, or if doctors have their own beliefs. Living wills don't always get carried out the way the writer might hope.

And apparently the family relationship was healthy and normal until 2007, unlike some who have claimed that it was bad from day one of the marriage.
I don't believe that the "children" are totally noble and innocent in this sad affair. Nor is Jean. I find it sad that a near-widow is being castigated and made fun of.

I have sympathy for anyone who faces losing a loved one sooner than later. If Jean was feeling these things she should have sought therapy/counseling to work out her issues to confront his end of life with dignity and grace.

CK's death was made into a circus, no thanks to her traipsing him off to a home with less than the care he needed. She likely hastened his death with that trip.

End of life should always be about the person who has to leave. To make them as comfortable and care for them as much as we can in their last days. We have to put their needs and wishes before ours. Always.

In the end, she didn't do what was best for CK. She did what was best for her. What that reason is... I don't know I'll ever understand.

 

[Boodles]

Rest in peace, Casey. No more suffering...

 

[Tssiemer]

Crap.


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[matou]

RIP Mr. Kasem. Good memories of your radio show and many TV voices.

 

[Tulessa]

Just saw this on my local news. R.I.P Mr. Kasem. You were much loved.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

ClickOnDetroit.com National Breaking News

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Casey Kasem dead at 82

Casey Kasem, who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades, died early Sunday, according to a Facebook post on his daughter Kerri Kasem's verified page.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/Casey-Kasem-dies-at-82/26499818

 

[SCHMAE]

Oh no. What now ?

ETA, I know what now.... a long and heavily contested court battle that will consume all of the participants and Casey and his legacy will be
forgotten in all the fighting.

RIP to the man that made me get up early on Saturday mornings with my tape recorder handy .

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Casey Kasem, Radio Icon, Dies at 82

By Maria Elena Fernandez

The honeyed voice that urged America to reach for the stars for decades has been silenced.

Casey Kasem, the legendary radio DJ whose syndicated radio show was the most popular radio program in history, passed away Sunday — Father's Day — in a Santa Monica hospice after a battle with Lewy Body dementia. He was 82.

"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," his daughter Kerri said in a statement released on Twitter.

"Thank you for all your love, support and prayers. The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad. With love, Kerri, Mike and Julie." ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/casey-kasem-radio-icon-dies-82-n123191

 

[Kimster]

From my CNN alert email:

Casey Kasem, who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as "American Top 40" and "Casey's Top 40," died early today, according to a Facebook post from his daughter Kerri Kasem.

Casey Kasem was 82 and had been hospitalized in Washington state for two weeks.

"Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken," Kerri Kasem wrote. "Thank you for all your love, support and prayers. The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad."

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