Kerri’s publicist Danny Deraney said Kasem died at 3:23 a.m. Sunday at St Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wash. He said members of the family were with him at the time of his death.
Deraney said Kasem’s wife Jean, who has been battling his children from his first marriage over medical care, was “still in Los Angeles, as far as I know.”
Kasem also was the voice of Shaggy in the “Scooby-Doo” cartoons and one of the most recognizable voices on American radio. Kasem suffered from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease and hallucinations.
Kasem, whose final years were marked by dementia and a battle between his children and his second wife over his welfare, last week was placed in “comfort-oriented care” in a Washington hospital after a judge approved his daughter’s request to do so.