Casey Kasem Didn’t Have to Die Like That
One of the late iconic DJ's colleagues laments his passing, and recalls caring for her own ailing mother during her final days.
Jo Maeder
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Jo Maeder is the author of the national bestseller "When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters—and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo" and "Opposites Attack: A Novel With Recipes Provencal." She has written for The New York Times, More, AOL, and O. Henry Magazine. She was voted Best Local Author of 2013 by the readers of Greensboro's News & Record and she started the community reading event The BookUP, which promotes long-form reading in a short-form world while simultaneously enjoying an adult beverage. In a former life she was known as "The Rock and Roll Madame" on the New York City airwaves and is now working on a novel set in the radio business.Follow her: @JoMaeder