Casey Kasem's wife will bury him in Norway and not Los Angeles as he wished, a publicist for the late radio star's daughter has confirmed. Kasem's widow Jean Kasem has made arrangements for her husband's body to be flown to Oslo after claiming that she has Norwegian heritage. But today in an embarrassing rebuttal for the statuesque blonde, Jean’s nephew spoke out to say his aunt doesn’t have ‘an ounce’ of Norwegian blood in her. Tommy Thompson, the son of one of Jean’s siblings, said: ‘As far as we know, we are English, German and Native American. Scroll down for video
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Jean Kasem has arranged to have her late husband buried in Oslo
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Casey's family claim she sent a letter to the Norwegian government declaring her Norwegian ancestry
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Jean's nephew asserts 'We don't have an ounce of Norwegian blood to our knowledge'
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The family of the radio icon wanted him to be interred at Forest Lawn in California
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Kasem, who suffered from dementia, died on June 15 aged 82
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