I grew up listening to him announce the top 40 and had no idea about his political activism, till one year, when I was arrested during a civil disobedience action at the Nevada Test Site, and found myself two seats in front of him in the bus where some of the arrested had been loaded to be taken to processing. Some of the long time activists knew him and recognized him but many of us had a hard time believing that such an icon of American pop culture was in handcuffs next to us until he started saying many of his classic lines like “Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.” We spent the rest of the time on the bus listening to him tell us stories from both his career and his activism.
Rest in power Kemal Amin “Casey” Kasem and thanks for everything!
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/06/15/3449222/casey-kasem-scooby-doo-vegetarianism/