The radio icon also suffered fromParkinson's Disease.
Since October, Kasem's wife Jean has been involved in legal disputes with three children from Kasem's first marriage, Kerri, Julie and Mike.
Born Kemal Amin Kasem in Detroit, Kasey began his radio career as an announcer on the Armed Forces Radio Korea Network while he was in the Army.
From 1989 to 1998, on every New Year's Eve Kasem also hosted Nick at Nite's Rerun/Classic TV/TV Hits Countdown which named the 25 "most classic" episodes of the TV shows airing on Nick at Nite determined by viewers at home.
