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The Los Angeles
County District Attorney's Office said there was not enough
evidence to charge 61-year-old Jean Kasem, the former "American
Top 40" deejay's second wife, with his death last June.
Kasem died in Washington state after suffering from Lewy Body
disease, a form of dementia with symptoms similar to Parkinson's
disease.
"Based on Jean Kasem's continuous efforts to ensure that Mr.
Kasem was medically supervised, this investigation is declined
for filing," the attorney's office said in a charge evaluation
worksheet, according to a copy of the document published online
by the Los Angeles Times.
The end of Kasem's life was marked by a legal dispute over his
care between Jean Kasem and the three adult children from his
first marriage.
They accused Jean Kasem of abusing their father, who was
suffering from bedsores at the end of his life, and preventing
them from contacting him for a lengthy period.
Jean Kasem, who was married to Casey Kasem for roughly 30 years
and bore him a daughter, had her husband moved to a hospital in
Washington state last May.
He stayed there while the legal battle over his care raged. His
death about a month later led to a dispute over the disposal of
his remains.
Casey Kasem at the peak of his career on "American Top 40" was
heard on more than 1,000 stations in 50 countries. He was famed
for his tenor voice, and also played the part of Shaggy, the
mystery-solving human pal of a Great Dane in the TV cartoon
series "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!"
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by
Michael Perry)
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