R.I.P. Dick Clark

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(CBS/AP) Host and TV producer Dick Clark has died. He was 82.

TMZ first reported the news Wednesday afternoon. A rep told the site that Clark underwent surgery Tuesday night and suffered a "massive" heart attack following the procedure.

Clark started his career as a radio announcer at WRUN in Utica, N.Y., when he was 17.

His long-running show, "American Bandstand," was on the air from 1957-1989. "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" began in 1972 and continues to this day with Ryan Seacrest.

Clark launched the American Music Awards in 1973. He became a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 1993.

Clark suffered a stroke in December 2004. He continued performing even after the stroke, even though it had affected his ability to speak and walk.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57415954-10391698/dick-clark-dead-at-82/

 

[palbert]

NO...NO...NO! This cannot be. A horrible loss of a decent man who lead me thru early life. My world dissolves around me....

 

[FPNY]

RIP Mr. American Bandstand. A true staple of my childhood tv watching experience. So sad......

 

[G-Lexington]

If he was not eternally young, and he was not immortal, then what chance do the rest of us have?

But DC, thanks for the great memories on Bandstand, Pyramid, and New Year's Eve.

Lex

 

[streetblackcock99]

Never heard of him tbh

 

[streetblackcock99]

His name sounds familiar, i'm sure i've heard it before but, the only Dick I know of is van dyke

btw, why does richard shortend = dick ?

I still don't get it.

 

[pat grimshaw]

^
BBC, you're living on the outskirts of the American Empire

BTW, I noticed Mr Prince didn't seem very happy to talk with Mr Dick Clark.

 

[G-Lexington]

SBC - it was Soul Train for white people who can't dance.

Lex

 

[mikey3000]

New Years is officially cancelled for EVER!!!

 

[Sausy]

American Bandstand,New Year's Eve,game shows....Dick Clark was an entertainment icon and will be greatly missed.You grow up with people,and time goes forward and they're gone.I read something today in that he responded to critics who thought he sold out to safe,square corporate elements with the clean cut presentation of the young people who took part in American Bandstand.He said that he had tio sell it appealingly to parents in a mainstream world or essentially they would kill the chance for popular acceptance.There was a bit of the subvervise in the eternally boyish Mr.Clark,plus an outstanding business mind.He always seemed positive,upbeat,and I haven't really heard of much that would indicate he wasn't genuinely beloved and respected by his peers.

 

[medic1]

His name sounds familiar, i'm sure i've heard it before but, the only Dick I know of is van dyke

btw, why does richard shortend = dick ?

I still don't get it.[/QUOTE

if you shortened Richard you would get DICK .

 

[IowaGuy]

What memories! I hurried home from school everyday to watch an hour of AB - I learned how to dance watching the "regulars" on the show and felt that they were friends of mine.

 

[RaKroma]

I only know of Dick Clark from his established TV fame and seeing him for 5 minutes on New Years ABC. But he had a very successful career in entertainment industry, tons of fans and lived till old age! RIP

 

[Ninja108]

RIP to a man who was always a kid at heart.

 

[Knucklehead]

I used to like him on American Bandstand when I was a kid..Good times.

 

[jdcnow]

For me, Dick will always be the much-beloved host of the Pyramid game shows from the 80s and early 90s. Here's a very old video clip (sorry for the terrible quality) during the late, great Bill Cullen's tenure as host of The $25,000 Pyramid. That's a young DC in the winner's circle, helping a contestant win the $$$. DC was a master player at Pyramid.

 

[voyager1994]

DC was one very talented TV host!
RIP DC.

 

[lambdaboy]

I lived in Burbank, Ca across from NBC Studios and two doors from his office at Dick Clark Productions saw him all the time.