Radio Icon Casey Kasem Is Ill and Missing
Legendary DJ Casey Kasem is missing and a Los Angeles Superior Court judge wants to know where he is.
The 82-year-old 'Top 40' host and radio personality is suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease and can no longer speak - and his children told a judge on Monday that they don't know where he is being treated.
During a hearing on Monday, Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered a court investigator to find out where Kasem is, after hearing conflicting information that Kasem is either at an Indian reservation in Washington or is out of the country, a court spokeswoman told NBC News.
Casey Kasem's children have complained for months that they have been prohibited from seeing their father. Kasem's daugher, Kerri Kasem, was appointed her father's temporary caretaker during the hearing, after her lawyer told the judge the family believes Kasem is being treated in Washington state.
But Craig Marcus, who is Kasem's wife's lawyer, confused the situation even more by saying he is not sure where Kasem is, but he has 'been removed from the country.' Marcus said that Jean Kasem, who has been married to the radio icon for over 30 years, had every right to move her husband as she saw fit.
In addition to assigning the investigator, Murphy appointed a doctor to look into Casey Kasem's care.
Kerri Kasem's case is the second one opened by one of the former host's children to try to gain access to their father and have some oversight over his care. A previous case by his daughter, Julie Kasem, was dismissed after she reached a settlement with her stepmother, but the daughter said Monday that agreement has been breached.
Kerri, Julie and Mike are Kasem's children from his marriage to Linda Myers. 'Unfortunately the disease may be killing his body but it doesn't need to kill his spirit and his soul,' Julie Kasem said on TODAY in October.
First published May 12 2014, 4:04 PM
Maria Elena FernandezMaria Elena Fernandez is the Los Angeles entertainment correspondent. She started this role in May 2013. Fernandez is responsible for covering televsion, film, music, pop culture, and celebrity justice for NBCNews.com and Today.com. Fernandez reports to entertainment editor Courtney Hazlett.She previously worked at The Daily Beast and Newsweek. Before that, Fernandez was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times for 12 years. She also spent many years on the crime beat as a staff writer at The Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Fernandez is the author of a children's book, 'The Secret of Fern Island,' which was published in 1996 under a pseudonym so that she wouldn't be stalked by screaming children. Fernandez is a member of the National Hispanic Journalists Association and the Television Critics Association.
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