Judge reverses course , gives daughter authority to end Kasem 's water , food , medicine . Attorney for Kasem 's wife calls the judge 's ruling `` a death sentence '' and says he will appeal it all the way up to the Supreme Court of Ohio. The power of attorney statement signed by Kasem on November 11 , 2007 , included a declaration that he did not want to be kept alive with `` any form of life sustaining procedures , including nutrition and hydration '' if it `` would result in a mere biological existence , devoid of cognitive function , with no reasonable hope of normal functioning . '' His daughter says the fight is about love , but his wife says it 's over money .
Judge reverses course , gives daughter authority to end Kasem 's water , food , medicine . Attorney for Kasem 's wife calls the judge 's ruling `` a death sentence '' and says he will appeal it all the way up to the Supreme Court of Ohio. His daughter says the fight is about love , but his wife says it 's over money .