Judge sides with Kasem’s daughter
A Washington state judge on Friday said Casey Kasem’s daughter, not her stepmother, is in charge of the medical care for the 82-year-old radio personality, who remains in critical condition with an infected bedsore.
However, all members of Kasem’s family can visit him at the hospital – just not at the same time, Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Forbes ruled.
Kasem has been receiving intravenous antibiotics and other care at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington, for a serious pressure ulcer he had when he was admitted on Sunday, according to a hospital statement.
“Right now, Casey Kasem’s health is declining and (he) won’t be with us much longer,” daughter Kerri Kasem’s spokesman, Danny Deraney, said in a statement.
“I want to be there for my dad,” Kerri Kasem said outside court Friday, KOMO-TV reported. “All of us. So if he does happen to open his eyes and look up, his entire family is there.”
The former radio show host is suffering from a form of dementia called Lewy Body Disease, according to court records.
Wife Jean Kasem has been in control of her husband’s medical care and has controlled access to him as his children from an earlier marriage contested who should make those decisions. The couple have been staying for about a month at the home of friends in Kitsap County, west of Seattle.
Griffith seeks divorce from Banderas
Melanie Griffith filed for divorce Friday from Antonio Banderas, her husband of 18 years.
For years they were among Hollywood’s hottest couples, with Banderas publicly supporting his wife’s treatments for addiction and both supporting charitable causes.
Griffith cited irreconcilable differences in the court filing in Los Angeles. The actors were married in 1996 and have a 17-year-old daughter together.
Griffith, 56, is seeking spousal support but is willing to pay her own attorney fees, her filing shows. Griffith, who has a tattoo of Banderas’ first name in a heart on her right shoulder, signed the divorce petition on May 30 but did not specify the date of their separation.
They first worked together on the set of the 1995 romantic comedy “Two Much.” Banderas, 53, later directed his wife in the 1999 film “Crazy in Alabama.”
Griffith has been married four times, including twice to actor Don Johnson. Banderas has one previous marriage.
The birthday bunch
Singer Tom Jones is 74. Actor Ken Osmond (“Leave It to Beaver”) is 71. Former talk show host Jenny Jones is 68. Actor Liam Neeson is 62. Singer-songwriter Prince is 56. Rock singer-musician Gordon Gano (The Violent Femmes) is 51. Rock musician Dave Navarro is 47. Actor-comedian Bill Hader is 36. Actor Michael Cera is 26.