# Casey Kasem died today. 82 years old **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822 "2014-06-15T15:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/21 "2014-06-16T14:00:45Z")
Sirius XM is doing a round-the-clock tribute playing his countdown shows on the 70’s channel. Not sure how long that will last, but the Saturday show is always a hoot to listen to. He played a lot of songs that never are heard today. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/22 "2014-06-16T16:24:07Z")
A good friend of mine spent the better part of the 1980s logging the countdowns as they happened. Casey’s passing has inspired a flood of memories and a catch-up text to reminisce. No matter where our lives have taken us and whatever stars we have reached for and grabbed, we still keep our feet on the ground by maintaining and looking after the friendships of our youth, the foundation of what made us adults. Thanks for this lesson, Casey. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/23 "2014-06-16T19:44:05Z")
Casey Kasem was also the voice of Cliffjumper in _The Transformers_. (The 1980s cartoon, not the Michael Bay movies) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/24 "2014-06-16T19:46:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Yeah, the last I remember hearing was when he went missing a month or so ago. Whatever happened with that? (Obviously they found him…) The intial report when they found him are puzzling in hindsight. The report said that basically he was ok and _alert_. From what came out later, he had a bedsore, and hasn’t been alert for a while. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/25 "2014-06-21T12:06:38Z")
RIP Casey. He was definitely a regular part of my teenage years. > [@Rick](#): > > Casey was a DJ on my local rock station during my teenage years (KRLA). > I’ll miss you Casey. He was actually a DJ there? I didn’t know that particular bit of trivia. I would’ve thought he’d more likely be on KAAY than sharing the mic with Brother Hal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/26 "2014-06-21T15:41:34Z")
In reading some memorial articles about him, I see a lot of people who thought he was leading edge in some way. Growing up on Big Boss Radio, he was basically a nostalgia act by the time AT40 hit the big time. Very retro sound. Great if you liked that kind of DJ, but not cool, hip or anything of the sort. The main thing is the guy just plain lasted a loooong time. That’s quite an achievement in syndicated music-based radio. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/27 "2014-06-22T04:11:10Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Because of comments here, I’m browsing through his IMDB listing. Pretty impressive list of credits. > > And there was “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” in 1972? Yeah they were lengthened episodes with celebrity guest stars, everyone from Mama Cass to Jerry Reed. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/28 "2014-06-22T04:39:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > RIP, Casey. Tell Snuggles hello for us anyway. Bwahahahahahaha I first listened to Casey when Led Zep’s Presence was #1 for quite a few weeks. I tried to search but couldn’t find when exactly ~April 1976 . Anyhow, Scooby Lives On. RIP ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/29 "2014-06-22T10:55:36Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > RIP Casey. He was definitely a regular part of my teenage years. > > He was actually a DJ there? I didn’t know that particular bit of trivia. I would’ve thought he’d more likely be on KAAY than sharing the mic with Brother Hal. 😉 I think you may be confusing two stations. KRLA, near Los Angeles, California, was the station where Casey worked. KLRA was the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822/30 "2014-06-22T16:34:12Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > I think you may be confusing two stations. > KRLA, near Los Angeles, California, was the station where Casey worked. > KLRA was the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dang. Call-sign dyslexia. My mistake. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-kasem-died-today-82-years-old/690822.md?page=1)