Kasem, Casey

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Casey Kasem
Name
Kasem, CaseyGender: M
born on 27 April 1932 at 05:30 (= 05:30 AM )
Place Detroit MI, USA, 42n19, 83w02
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
From memoryRodden Rating A
Astrology data 06°56' 04°35 Asc. 03°51'



Biography

American "musical countdown king" radio disk jockey, who co-created and hosted the hit ABC radio show "America's Top 40" until 1988, then went on to syndication, weekly television, and sales pitches for a wide variety of products. In addition to the "countdown" work, he is an activist for a wide variety of causes, many of them Arabic owing to his Lebanese Druze roots. A child of immigrant parents, his real name is Kemal Kasem, and he is a board member for MidEast Communication.

His wife, Jean, had a recurring role on "Cheers." They married 12/21/1980 with Kasem's close friend, Rev. Jesse Jackson, performing the ceremony.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Relationship : Marriage 21 December 1980 (Jean Kasem)

Source Notes

Linda Clark quotes him

Categories

  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer (Hit show, "America's Top 40")
  • Traits : Body : Race (Lebanese Druze roots)
  • Vocation : Business : Top executive (Board member for Mideast Communications)
  • Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political (Many Arabic causes)
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Friends (Close friends with Jesse Jackson)
  • Lifestyle : Work : Same Job more than 10 yrs (Radio show, "America's Top 40")
  • Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem (Co-created hit show)
  • Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
  • Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality (Weekly show, "America's Top 40")

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