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Hello fans,
If you've ever listened to American Top 40 or seen an
episode of Scooby-Doo, then you should be familiar
with Casey Kasem and his distinctive voice. What is
currently going on in the life of this radio living
legend? Find out here...
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":
--Rita Moreno: She was Anita in the movie "West Side Story",
she also appeared in "Carnal Knowledge", "The King and I"
and other movies, she was a cast member of the kids TV show
"The Electric Company", also known for her work on Broadway
--Don Ameche: Acted in many, many movies, including "Trading
Places" and "Cocoon" later in his career
--Bruno Kirby: He played Ed in the movie "City Slickers" and
Jess in "When Harry Met Sally", he also appeared in "The
Godfather: Part II", "The Freshman", and other movies
(Answer at the bottom)
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CASEY KASEM
http://www.celebritynooz.com/casey_kasem.aspx
BIRTH DATE: April 27, 1932, Detroit, Michigan
BIRTH NAME: Kamal Amin Kasem
CLAIM TO FAME: Kasem is known for playing Shaggy Rogers in
the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo,
as well as hosting the nationally syndicated Top 40 count-
down show, American Top 40.
FAMILY LIFE: He was married to actress/singer Linda Myers
from 1972 to 1979, and they have three children together:
Mike, Kerri and Julie. He married his second wife, Jean
Thompson, in 1980, and they had a daughter named Liberty in
1990.
INFO: Kasem made his radio debut while in high school,
studied radio broadcasting at Wayne State University, and
then became involved in radio acting with roles on shows
like The Lone Ranger. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in
1952, where he became a successful announcer and DJ for the
Armed Forces Radio Korea Network.
When his time in the service was over, he worked diligently
for two decades to make it to the top in the radio broad-
casting world. In 1970, while working with childhood friend
and Hollywood producer Don Bustany, Kasem proposed a count-
down radio show loosely based on the 1940-50s show Your Hit
Parade. The result was American Top 40, which debuted on
July 4, 1970 on seven radio stations.
Soon, American Top 40 was one of the most popular syndicated
radio shows in the country and then around the world. At the
height of its popularity, AT40 was featured on more than
1,000 radio stations in 50 countries around the world. The
show's spin-off, America's top 10, featured Kasem counting
down the week's top 10 hits and playing music videos.
Aside from his radio success, Kasem has also done well as a
voice-over actor. He was the voice of Shaggy in various
incarnations of the Scooby-Doo show for 40 years. He has also
appeared in a wide range of other shows including The
Adventures of Batman and Josie and the Pussycats.
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TRIVIA: Was inducted into the National Association of
Broadcasters Hall of Fame radio division in 1985.
Narrated all of the national promotional announcements for
shows on NBC television from 1977-1981.
Is a graduate of Northwestern High School in Detroit and
Wayne State University.
The "Little Miss Liberty" upscale baby cribs, designed by
Jean Kasem and best known for their appearances as prizes
on The Price Is Right, are named after Liberty.
Is of Lebanese Druze heritage, and he is a vegan.
Has been active in politics for years, supporting Lebanese-
American and Arab-American causes and politicians.
Has written a brochure published by the Arab-American
Institute entitled "Arab-Americans: Making a Difference."
Was a member of Citizens for Nader in 2000, and he supported
Dennis Kucinich in his 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns.
Was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992.
Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio.
Would often include trivia facts about songs and artists
while hosting AT40.
WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2008, he was the voice of "Out of
Sight Retro Night" which airs on WGN America, but recently
was replaced by rival Rick Dees.
After 40 years, Casey retired from his role of voicing
Shaggy from Scooby Doo in 2009, instead voicing Shaggy's
father in the 2010 TV series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery
Incorporated.
In July 2009, Kasem ended his 39 year run on the radio. He
can currently be heard on weekly syndicated radio programs
on Sirius Satellite Radio based on the American Top 40
franchise.
In March of 2010, Kasem appeared in a commercial for Sprint
4G, reprising his role as American Top 40 host.
WRITE TO CASEY KASEM:
Casey Kasem
138 N. Mapleton Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Video Clips of Casey Kasem
http://www.evtv1.com/searchevtv.aspx?s=casey%20kasem
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CREDITS:
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (TV series)...Colton Rogers (2 episodes)
(2009) Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2008) Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2007) 11th Annual Prism Awards (TV movie)...Announcer
(2007) Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2006-2007) Shaggy & Scooby-Doo: Get a Clue! (TV series)...Uncle Albert (6 episodes)
(2006) Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2002-2006) What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV series)...Shaggy (42 episodes)
(2005) Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2005) Aloha, Scooby-Doo (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2005) Hula Hullabaloola (video short)...Shaggy (voice)
(2004) Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2004) A Scooby-Doo! Christmas (TV short)...Shaggy (voice)
(2003) Looney Tunes: Back in Action...Shaggy (voice)
(2003) Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2003) Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(2000) Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II...Wedding DJ (voice)
(2000) Histeria! (TV series)...Calgary Kasem (1 episode)
(2000)North America...Calgary Kasem (voice)
(2000) Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(1999) Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries (video)...Shaggy (voice)
(1997) Merry Christmas, George Bailey (TV movie)...Radio Announcer
(1997) James Dean: Race with Destiny (TV movie)...Bill Romano
(1997) Johnny Bravo (TV series)...Shaggy (1 episode)
(1997) The Sensitive Male/Bravo Dooby Doo...Shaggy (voice)
(1996) Homeboys in Outer Space (TV series)...Spacy Kasem (1 episode)
(1996) Loquatia Unplugged or, Come Back, Little Cyber...Spacy Kasem
(1995) Scooby-Doo Mystery (Video Game)...Shaggy
(1994) Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (TV movie)...Shaggy (voice)
(1994) Cosmic Slop (TV movie)...Special Appearance
(1993) 2 Stupid Dogs (TV series)...Bill Barker (1 episode)
(1993)Let's Make a Right Price...Bill Barker (voice)
(1988-1991) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (TV series)...Shaggy / Samuel Rogers (19 episodes)
(1991) Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)...Flakey Fakem (1 episode)
(1991) Here's Hamton...Flakey Fakem (voice)
(1990) The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (short)...Shaggy Rogers (voice)
(1989) My Two Dads (TV series) (1 episode)
(1989) I'm Dreaming of a Holiday Episode
(1988) Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (TV movie)...Shaggy (voice)
(1988) Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (TV movie)...Shaggy (voice) / Mirror Monster (voice)
(1987) Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (TV movie)...Shaggy (voice)
(1984-1986) The Transformers (TV series)...Teletraan I / Bluestreak / Cliffjumper / ? (51 episodes)
(1986) The Transformers: The Movie...Cliffjumper (voice)
(1985) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (TV series)...Shaggy (13 episodes)
(1985) George Burns Comedy Week (TV series) (1 episode)
(1985) The Honeybunnies
(1985) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (TV series)...Robin (Dick Grayson) / Dick Grayson / Robin (8 episodes)
(1985) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (TV series)...Shaggy (voice)
(1984) The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (TV series)...Shaggy (1 episode)
(1984) The Nutcracker Scoob...Shaggy (voice)
(1984) SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (TV series)...Robin (7 episodes)
(1984) Fantasy Island (TV series)...Agent (1 episode)
(1984) The Awakening of Love/The Impostor...Agent
(1983) Matt Houston (TV series)...Master of Ceremonies (1 episode)
(1983) Target: Miss World
(1983) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (TV series)...Mr. Rogers / Mrs. Rogers (1 episode)
(1983) Wedding Bell Boos!...Mr. Rogers/Mrs. Rogers (voice)
(1980-1983) Super Friends (TV series)...Robin (20 episodes)
The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour (TV series)...Shaggy
(1981) Women Who Rate a 10 (TV movie)...Announcer
(1981) Space Stars (TV series)...Announcer (voice)
The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (TV series)...Shaggy
(1980) The Return of the King (TV movie)...Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (voice)
(1979-1980) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV series)...Shaggy (16 episodes)
(1979) Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (TV movie)...Shaggy (voice)
(1979) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (TV series)...Robin (1 episode)
(1979) The Planet of Oz...Robin (voice)
(1979) The DarkPolice Pathologist
(1979) The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (TV movie)...Monty Marble (voice)
(1978/I) Disco Fever...Brian Parker
(1978) Challenge of the SuperFriends (TV series)...Robin / Computer / Colorado Soldier / ? (16 episodes)
(1976-1978) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (TV series)...Investor / Joe / Man in Crowd / ? (10 episodes)
(1978) Charlie's Angels (TV series)...Tom Rogers (1 episode)
(1978) Winning Is for Losers...Tom Rogers
Battle of the Planets (TV series)...Mark
Dynomutt Dog Wonder (TV series)...Fishface / Shaggy Rogers of the Scooby Gang / Swamp Rat
(1977) The All-New Super Friends Hour (TV series)...Robin / Computer / Mr. Brown / ? (6 episodes)
(1977) What's New, Mr. Magoo? (TV series)...Additional Voices / Waldo (1 episode)
(1977) Miniature Magoo/Roamin' Magoo...Waldo/Additional Voices (voice)
(1977) Switch (TV series)...Tony Brock (1 episode)
(1977) Fade Out...Tony Brock
(1977) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)...Paul Hamilton (2 episodes)
(1977) Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 2...Paul Hamilton
(1977) Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 1...Paul Hamilton
(1977) Wonderbug (TV series) (1 episode)
(1977) The Big Game
(1977) New York, New York...D.J. aka Midnight Bird
(1977) Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Sy Wallace (1 episode)
(1977) An Unfriendly Radiance...Sy Wallace
(1977) Police Story (TV series)...Sobhe (1 episode)
(1977) Trial Board...Sobhe
Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (TV series)...Mr. Creeply / Shaggy Rogers
(1976) The Gumball Rally...Radio D.J. (voice) (uncredited)
(1975) The Last of the Mohicans (TV movie)...Uncas (voice)
(1975) The Night That Panicked America (TV movie)...Mercury Theatre Player
(1974) Ironside (TV series)...Jim Crutcher / Lab Technician (2 episodes)
(1974) Fall of an Angel...Lab Technician
(1974)Setup: Danger!...Jim Crutcher
(1974) Emergency +4 (TV series)
(1974) Hawaii Five-O (TV series)...Freddie Dryden / Swift (2 episodes)
(1974) Steal Now - Pay Later...Swift
(1974) Mother's Deadly Helper...Freddie Dryden
Hong Kong Phooey (TV series)
(1974) The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)...Adolf Hitler (1 episode)
(1974) Celebrity Roast: Don Rickles...Adolf Hitler
(1974) The City That Forgot About Christmas (TV movie) (voice)
(1973) Super Friends (TV series)...Robin / Jor-El (11 episodes)
(1973) The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (TV short)...Narrator (voice)
(1973) Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (TV series)...George (1 episode)
(1973) The Neighbors...George (voice)
(1973) Soul Hustler...Birnie
(1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV series)...Shaggy / Robin (7 episodes)
Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (TV series)...Alexander Cabot III
(1972) Sesame Street (TV series)...'B Cartoon' Narrator (1 episode)
(1972) Episode #3.79...'B Cartoon' Narrator (voice)
(1972) Doomsday Machine...Mission Control Officer
(1971) The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant...Ken
(1971) Here Comes Peter Cottontail (TV movie)...Peter Cottontail (voice)
Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)...Alexander Cabot III
(1969-1970) Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)...Shaggy (25 episodes)
(1969) Scream Free!...Phil
(1969) The Cycle Savages...Keeg's Brother
Hot Wheels (TV series)...Dexter Carter / Tank Mallory
(1969) Cattanooga Cats (TV series)...Groovy (voice)
Skyhawks (TV series)...Joe Conway (1 episode)
Devlin's Dilemma ? Joe Conway
(1969) Wild Wheels...Knife
(1969) 2000 Years Later...Disk Jockey
(1968) The Batman/Superman Hour (TV series)...Guard Leader / Guardsman / Joker Man / ? (1 episode)
(1968) Two Penguins Too Many...Mayor/Joker Man/Guardsman/Guard Leader (voice)
(1968) Garrison's Gorillas (TV series)...Provost Marshall (1 episode)
(1968) The Death Sentence...Provost Marshall
(1968) The Glory Stompers...Mouth
(1966) The Girls from Thunder Strip
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (TV series)
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE
Rita Moreno - ALIVE
Born: 12/11/1931
Don Ameche - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 05/31/1908 Died: 12/06/1993
Bruno Kirby - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 04/28/1949 Died: 08/14/2006
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/30
-Doukissa, 69, Greek singer, cancer.
9/29
-Georges Charpak, 86, Polish-born French physicist, Nobel
laureate.
-Vincenzo Crocitti, 61, Italian actor (An Average Little
Man).
-Tony Curtis, 85, American actor (Some Like It Hot,
Spartacus, The Defiant Ones), cardiac arrest.
-Greg Giraldo, 44, American comedian, accidental
prescription drug overdose.
-Vojislav Kostic, 79, Serbian composer.
-Joe Mantell, 94, American character actor (Marty,
Chinatown, The Twilight Zone), after long illness.
-Rao Sikandar Iqbal, 67, Pakistani politician, Defense
Minister (2002?2007).
9/28
-Kurt Albert, 56, German mountaineer, fall.
-Norman Atkins, 76, Canadian political strategist and
senator from Ontario (1986?2009).
-Curt Otto Baumgart, 73, Brazilian businessman, heart
failure.
-Orvin Cabrera, 33, Honduran football player, member of
national team, liver cancer.
-Hector Croxatto Rezzio, 102, Chilean scientist.
-Arthur Penn, 88, American film director and producer
(Bonnie and Clyde, The Missouri Breaks, Penn & Teller Get
Killed), heart failure.
-Antonio Pontillo, Venezuelan football player.
-Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes, 77, Salvadorian politician, co-
founder of PDC.
-Erwin Stricker, 60, Italian Olympic alpine skier, brain
cancer.
-Romina Yan, 36, Argentine actress (Chiquititas), cardiac
arrest.
9/27
-Carmelo Arden Quin, 97, Uruguayan poet, painter and
sculptor.
-George Blanda, 83, American Hall of Fame football player
(Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders).
-Dieudonne Cedor, 85, Haitian painter.
-Tomas dAsK, 25, Slovak musician (The Bridgeheads), fall
from window.
-Pierre Guffroy, 84, French film production designer and
art director.
-Che Hashim Sulaima, 48, Malaysian politician, Member of
the State Assembly of Kelantan, lung cancer.
-Le Sang, 90, Vietnamese martial arts master.
-Ahmed Maher, 75, Egyptian politician, Minister of
Foreign Affairs (2001?2004).
-Kenny Marino, 66, American actor (Death Wish 3, Prince
of the City).
-Nicholas Marsh, 37, American lawyer, prosecuted Senator
Ted Stevens, suicide.
-Sally Menke, 56, American film editor (Inglourious Basterds,
Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction), suspected heat exhaustion.
-Buddy Morrow, 91, American jazz musician and bandleader.
-Real Quiet, 15, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of
1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, broken neck
following a fall.
-Balaji Sadasivan, 55, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician,
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, colon cancer.
-Dominique Sakombi Inongo, Congolese politician, cardiac
arrest.
-Gustavo Sánchez, 29, Mexican politician, Mayor of Tancitaro,
Michoacan, possible stoning.
-Trevor Taylor, 73, British racing driver, cancer.
-Mario Tupinamba, 78, Brazilian comedian, cardiogenic shock.
-Ed Wiley, Jr., 80, American jazz and R&B saxophonist and
singer, injury from a fall.
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