What is Carl Kasell?
[[File:Carl Kasell, Peabody Awards 2008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kasell in June 2008]] '''Carl Kasell''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|s|əl}}; April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] radio personality. He was born in [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsboro]], [[North Carolina]]. He was best known as a newscaster for [[National Public Radio]] and later as the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' until his retirement in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peralta|first=Eyder|title=After 5-Decade Career, NPR's Carl Kasell Will Retire|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/04/285780588/after-five-decade-career-nprs-carl-kasell-will-retire|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=NPR|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> Kasell died on April 17, 2018 from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]] in [[Potomac, Maryland]] at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/528656453/npr-newscaster-carl-kasell-dies-at-84-after-a-lifelong-career-on-air NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100708 NPR biography] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasell, Carl}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Maryland]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:American game show hosts]] [[Category:American autobiographers]] [[Category:Journalists from North Carolina]] {{US-bio-stub}}