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| Casey Kasem |
Criminal investigations are also still pending, leading to questions of whather his death was the result of foul play.
But, while, the longtime radio personality claimed devoted fans, he also had devoted enemies, as well. The Daily Beast has learned in a recent FBI document dump that Kasem, who cemented his Hollywood star as the inventor of the American Top 40, was secretly ducking death threats from a few fanatics. All felt entitled to a piece of the radio hotshot, who was making millions and at the top of the charts in his own right.
There was a heartbroken listener from St. Louis who was president of the Missouri chapter of the Casey Kasem Fan Club. During the summer of 1980, the woman made a memorable visit to the Watermark Studio in Los Angeles. The delusional Kasem devotee thought the radio man was in love with her.And when the divorced Kasem walked down the aisle December 21, 1980, to say yes to the former Jean Thompson in a wedding officiated by Rev. Jesse Jackson, the listener felt she needed to prove her love.
She had a vicious way of showing it. She started writing letters on Christmas Eve in 1980 accusing Kasem of rape, alcoholism, and molesting his kids. “By the end of June or else—I’ll come out to California and kill you, your ‘wife’ and your three kids—this is a promise. I’ll do it too because I know where you work,” she wrote in one letter, found in the FBI trove.
She added, “a bullet through your heart will be first and then I’ll pour kerosene on your dead body and torch you until its charred.”
The feds didn’t have to look very hard to ID her because she included her return address on the postmarked envelope.
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