Casey Kasem aka Kemal Amin Kasem

Radio host, voice actor, producer, and actor; long-time host of "American Top 40" -- via ABC News. An essential part of American pop culture, his distinctive voice was the template for the cheery, earnest, crisp "puke voice" used in AM radio for decades. His cheesy "American Top 40" was a show we loved to hate.





He shone in early Roger Corman biker films ("The Glory Stompers," "Wild Wheels") and "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant"; was the voice of Robin in the animated "Batman/Superman Hour" and lead role in the Rankin/Bass stop-motion classic (?) "Here Comes Peter Cottontail."









Most of all, though, he was Shaggy Rogers, the perpetually scared, perpetually hungry hippie/beatnik/slacker of "Scooby Doo."



Thanks, Casey. "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!"