Kasem hosted one of the country's most popular countdown shows for four decades. This piece originally aired on Weekend Edition on June 15, 2014. Casey Kasem, A Signature Voice Of American Radio, Dies ...

Casey Kasem, the internationally famous radio broadcaster with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the top 40 countdown with a syndicated show that ran for decades, died Sunday ...

Counting down the top 10 things you might not know about radio personality Casey Kasem, the founding voice of "American Top 40," who died Sunday: 10. Beginning in 1969, Kasem voiced the character ...

You can divide the world into two kinds of people: Those whose hearts cracked a little bit last weekend at the news that Casey Kasem was doing his final radio countdown of the hits, and those who said ...

May 13, 2014 (LOS ANGELES) -- A judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of Casey Kasem after an attorney for the ailing radio personality's wife said the former ''Top 40'' host ...

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — The end is coming for radio and TV icon Casey Kasem. He’s suffering from dementia and bedsores, and his body is shutting down at a hospital in Washington state, court documents say ...