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<\/a>Legendary disc jockey and radio host Casey Kasem died last year, as many of you in Michigan remember. There was a legal fight in the final months of his life in which Kasem\u2019s kids from his first marriage were battling Jean Kasem, Casey\u2019s widow, over how to care for the ailing icon as he suffered through a form of dementia.<\/p>\nRecently, the Los Angeles County district attorney announced it was not filing elder abuse charges against Jean Kasem<\/a> stemming from the case, in which she removed Casey from an elder-care facility in California and moved him to Washington state, where he eventually died.<\/p>\n The Kasem kids maintained that the care he was getting in California was consistent with Casey\u2019s wishes, to be resting comfortably surrounded by family and friends, while Jean said he moved Casey for his own good to mitigate \u201cmedia scrutiny.\u201d It took six months for Kasem\u2019s (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legendary disc jockey and radio host Casey Kasem died last year, as many of you in Michigan remember. There was a legal fight in the final months of his life in which Kasem\u2019s kids from his first marriage were battling…<\/span><\/p>\nThe Debate over Health Care<\/h1>\n