Kerri Kasem (born Carrie H. Kasem, July 12, 1972) is an American

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. She hosted the nationally syndicated ''

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'' and ''The Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx'' from February 2010 to April 2014. Kasem later became a judge on ''Who Will Rock You'', alongside

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Early life

Kasem was born in

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. She and her siblings

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and Julie are the three children of radio personality

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably '' American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice Nor ...

and his first wife, Linda Myers, to whom he was married from 1972 to 1979.

Career

Kasem was co-host with Alan Stock on KXNT 840 AM in

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for a morning radio talk show. She left KXNT in August 2007. She hosted the nationally syndicated ''

'' and ''The Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx'' from February 2010 to April 2014. Other radio shows on which she worked include ''Racing Rocks'' the '' National Lampoon Comedy Countdown'', ''The Solomon Free Money Hour'', and ''Pet Talk''. In 2003, she was a

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contestant on

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's '' Beg, Borrow & Deal''. She has appeared on the E! channel, and is a host on

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and on Sí TV's ''The Rub''. She later became a co-host, with Alan Gurvey, on ''Gurvey's Law'' on KABC. Kasem appeared on '' The Dr. Oz Show'' on October 12, 2021, to talk about the death of her father Casey Kasem.

Personal life

Kasem is founder of Kasem Cares and the Kasem Coalition, both created to raise awareness of elder abuse. In 2014, Kasem won

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over her father when the court found his second wife,

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, put his life in danger. Kerri Kasem has worked as a volunteer for the

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as part of its

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program in

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during the

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crisis and in

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when

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hit.

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