media. we start with a good-bye to casey kasem, who passed away over the weekend at age 82. kay semiwas the voice of american top 40 and those famous long-distance dedications for decades. and he s also the voice of shaggy on scooby-doo. did you say monster? who, thanks to kay semi s refusal to voice shaggy for a burger king commercial and his subsequent activism, was also the first cartoon character to be a vegetarian. he also voiced robin from super friends and cliff jumper from the transformers in case you re a classic cartoon fan. he was also probably the most famous arab-american celebrity of his time. he was lebanese american born in detroit in 1932. after word of his passing broke, a comedian tweeted sad to hear the passing of casey kasem. te he called me a few years ago. he was a role model.