Casey Kasem 8"X10" B&W Autographed Photocopy

Description

8 x 10  Photo -  The ink printed quote on the original photo is not all that clear it states:  To Barb Baker, Keep reaching for the stars.  Your #1 Casey Kasem 1996.  But you can see that the autograph is fairly good.
Autographed Reprint Photo
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Kemal Amen
"
Casey
"
Kasem
(April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an
American
disc jockey
, music historian, radio celebrity,
voice actor
, and
actor
, known for being the host of several music radio countdown programs, most notably
American Top 40
, from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for
providing the voice
of
"Shaggy" Rogers
in the
Scooby-Doo
franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.
Kasem co-founded the
American Top 40
franchise in 1970, hosting it from its inception to 1988, and again from 1998 to 2004. Between January 1989 and early 1998, he was the host of
Casey's Top 40
,
Casey's Hot 20
, and
Casey's Countdown
. From 1998 to 2009, Kasem also hosted two
adult contemporary
spin-offs of
American Top 40
:
American Top 20
and
American Top 10
.
In addition to his radio shows, Kasem provided the voice of many commercials, performed many voices for
Sesame Street
, provided the character voice of Peter Cottontail in the
Rankin/Bass
production of
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
, was "the voice of
NBC
", and helped out with the annual
Jerry Lewis telethon
. He provided the cartoon voices of
Robin
in
Super Friends
, Mark on
Battle of the Planets
, and a number of characters for the
Transformers
cartoon series of the 1980s. In 2008, he was the voice of
Out of Sight Retro Night
which aired on
WGN America
, but was replaced by rival
Rick Dees
. After 40 years, Kasem retired from his role of voicing Shaggy in 2009, although he did voice Shaggy's father in the 2010 TV series,
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
.
Born
Kemal Amen Kasem
April 27, 1932
Detroit
,
Michigan
, U.S.
Died
June 15, 2014 (aged 82)
Gig Harbor, Washington
, U.S.
Resting place
Oslo Western Civil Cemetery
in
Oslo, Norway
Education
Northwestern High School
Alma mater
Wayne State University
Occupation
Disc jockey, music historian, radio celebrity, voice actor, actor
Years active
1954–2009
Spouse(s)
Linda Myers
(
m.
1972;
div.
1979)
Jean Thompson
(
m.
1980; his death 2014)
Children
Kerri
, Julie, Mike (with Myers)
Liberty (with Thompson)