Radio DJ Casey Kasem died last month but his body still remains at a Washington morgue. A spokesman for Kerri Kasem, Casey's daughter, told USA Today that the famous radio host's body has still not been buried following his death on June 15.
Danny Deraney said the children wanted Casey's body to be buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., like he requested, but Casey's second wife, Jean Kasem, has the rights to the body and has not made a final decision yet.
A spokesman at St. Anthony Hospital said Jean picked up the remains after the DJ died, but they did not know what burial arrangements she had made. It's been rumored that the delay is due to an ongoing family feud between Casey's children from his first marriage and their step-mother, Jean.
Jean has accused of the children of trying to quickly get a hold of Casey's life insurance policy. She told TMZ that Kerri called the funeral home and asked how quickly a death certificate could be issued. Jean told the site that she thinks Kerri and her brother and sister are after Casey's money.
"Their impatience for Casey to die was obvious... and now their impatience to collect on the life insurance is even more telling," Jean previously told TMZ.
Kerri fought back at the claims last month during an appearance on "The View" and admitted that the bitter feud deepened over what should be done with Casey's body.
"I don't know what's going on with [Jean] and why she makes the decisions she does," Kerri said.
Kerri denied that she and her siblings were after their father's money and accused Jean of delaying the burial to deflect from a reported investigation into elderly abuse, the Daily Mail reports. Casey's daughter told the ladies on "The View" that she wasn't sure how the feud started and said if she could make amends with Jean, she would.
"If I knew I would tell you, I would try and make amends. I would say 'I'm sorry Jean. What happened?... Why do you hate us so much?'" Kerri said.
Casey Kasem died, at the age of 82, on June 15 from Lewy disease, a form of dementia that left him unable to speak, move or eat on his own.
