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June 16, 2014

Radio Host, Arab-American Activist Casey Kasem Dies at 82 
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The radio host Casey Kasem, best known for hosting the American Top 40
countdown and for being the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show
"Scooby-Doo," has died at the age of 82. Beyond his radio work, Kasem
was an Arab-American activist who championed a number of progressive
causes, from veganism to fighting media stereotyping of Arabs. In the
1980s, Kasem was arrested at an anti-nuclear protest in Nevada and slept
outside in Los Angeles to draw attention to homelessness. Kasem had
suffered from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia. He died Sunday at a
hospital in Washington.

 

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