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| Casey Kasem |
Renowned radio personality Casey Kasem is in critical
condition at a hospital in western Washington, a spokesman for St. Anthony
Hospital told CNN in a written statement Thursday.
"Mr. Kasem is alert and appears comfortable at this
time," Scott Thompson, a spokesman for the facility in Gig Harbor added.
The 82-year-old former host of "American Top 40"
and "Casey's Top 40" is receiving antibiotics through IVs, blood
pressure support medicine and care for his bed sores, Thompson said.
Kasem was admitted to the hospital Sunday after one of his
daughters and an ambulance crew retrieved him from a home where he and his wife
were staying with friends.
"Any further updates on Mr. Kasem's condition will be
at the discretion and approval of his children," Thompson said.
Danny Deraney, a representative of daughter Kerri Kasem,
told CNN that members of the family, including Casey Kasem's brother, were
flying to Washington. When asked if they feared Casey Kasem might die, Deraney
said it could be his last moments or he could get better. Deraney clarified
that he never meant that Kasem's health was failing as was reported by several
media outlets.
The radio icon has been at the center of a family feud
between Jean Kasem, his wife of 34 years, and his three children from his first
marriage.
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