Radio and TV icon is suffering from Parkinson’s and his children are not allowed to visit

Oct 2, 2013 14:18 GMT  ·  By
81-year-old radio and television legend Casey Kasem is suffering from Parkinson’s
   81-year-old radio and television legend Casey Kasem is suffering from Parkinson’s

Casey Kasem’s eldest children are desperate because their stepmom, Jean Kasem, will not let them see him. They have staged a protest outside the LA mansion of the radio and TV icon, who, now 81, has not been heard of in months.

The New York Daily News has photos of the protest, which also included, besides Kasem’s three children from his first marriage, friends and former co-workers, who painted a very negative picture of Jean’s actions.

According to the publication, Jean has been going out of her way to limit all access to Casey, presumably because she’s afraid he might change his mind upon seeing them, and include them in his will.

However, they wouldn’t even consider that, they say. They are just afraid that this perpetual state of isolation is making their father worse.

“My dad is very sick, and we have been completely shut off from him for the last three months. There is no money issue here, we just want to see our dad. We love him, and everyone knows his kids and grandkids are a source of joy for him,” daughter Kerri, who is 41, says for the aforementioned media outlet.

She insists that neither she nor her siblings want money from their dad, because they have trust funds set up and good jobs to boot.

“Look, people fight and they don't like each other, and that's fine. But it's cruel to keep us from seeing our dad. We don't want any money from Jean. We don't care about that. We were raised well, and we support ourselves,” Kerri says.

She’s also very upset that Jean called the cops on the protesters which, as expected, only made the situation worse.

“They said it was a ‘high alert’ call. I guess my dad's 70-year-old friends are a threat. Most of them were just sitting there,” she says.

Jean has yet to answer the allegations that she’s keeping her husband in isolation, having cut him off from his children. She and Casey have been married since 1980.