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[quote]Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with American Bandstand, and whose trademark Rockin' Eve became a fixture of New Year's celebrations, died today at the age of 82, ABC News has learned.
Clark, who suffered a serious stroke in 2004 but returned to the airwaves, reportedly died from a heart attack.
Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1929, Richard Wagstaff Clark began his lifelong career in show business began before he was even out of high school. He started working in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in upstate New York run by his father and uncle. It wasn't long before the teenager was on the air, filling in for the weatherman and the announcer.
Clark pursued his passion at Syracuse University, working as a disc jockey at the student-run radio station while studying for his degree in business. After graduating in 1951, Clark went back to his family's radio station, but within a year, a bigger city and bigger shows were calling.
Clark landed a gig as a DJ at WFIL in Philadelphia in 1952, spinning records for a show he called Dick Clark's Caravan of Music. There he broke into the big time, hosting Bandstand, an afternoon dance show for teenagers.
Within five years, the whole country was watching. ABC took the show national, and American Bandstand was born.
Blazing a New Trail in Pop Music
American Bandstand's formula was simple. Clean-cut boys and girls danced to the hottest hits and the newest singles. In between, Clark chatted with the teens, who helped "rate-a-record," turning songs into sensations. Everyone showed up on American Bandstand: from Elvis Presley to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry to Chubby Checker.
When Dick Clark moved to Hollywood in 1963, American Bandstand moved with him. He started Dick Clark Productions, and began cranking out one hit show after another; his name became synonymous with everything from the $25,000 Pyramid to TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes to the American Music Awards. In 1972, Dick Clark became synonymous with one of the biggest nights of the year.
New Year's Rockin' Eve
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC became a Dec. 31 tradition, with Clark hosting the festivities for more than three decades, introducing the entertainment acts and, of course, counting down to midnight as the ball dropped in New York's Times Square.
But the traditional celebration saw a temporary stop in 2004, when Clark suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and struggling to speak. Regis Philbin stepped in. But by the next New Year's Eve, Dick Clark was back, his speech still impaired. In halting words, he told the audience, "I had to teach myself how to walk and talk again. It's been a long, hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there."
But that didn't stop him: he returned each year, and recently he was joined by Ryan Seacrest.[/quote]
RIP
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
Oh shit, Heat attack
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rest in peace
That sucks major dick that he died.
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Heart attack really is a horrible way to die.
I bet 20 years from now he'll still look the same.
[QUOTE=faze;35624535]That sucks major dick that he died.[/QUOTE]
terrible pun
He's been in my life every year since I was a little kid. I knew his name before most peoples. He will be sorely missed in my house...
RIP
Oh my god, I've watched him for the past 11 years on new years rockin' eve.... Wow, RIP. <3
He won't be here for New Years 2013 because there won't be one.
It's a sign. :tinfoil:
Rest in peace superman.
This fucking sucks. I guess 2012 did come true for him.
R.I.P.
I'm guessing Seacrest is going to take the reins of Dick's New Years Eve special?
[QUOTE=faze;35624535]That sucks major dick that he died.[/QUOTE]
stop posting
We know the world is going to end now, who will ring in 2013 now?
answer: no one
Holy shit that was out of nowhere.
[QUOTE=mac338;35625206]Holy shit that was out of nowhere.[/QUOTE]
he has had like 2 strokes in the past 2 years, not surprised really
Noooo :(
What a sad day in television and music history.
back in december my film studies teacher predicted he'd die in 2012
[editline]18th April 2012[/editline]
we were all talking about how he never dies and some kid said "well thats cause the government freezes him!"
RIP <3
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Dude you are such a dick.
Dick Clark actually died? I didn't realise that was possible.
Man, he always looked so young.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;35624609]I bet 20 years from now he'll still look the same.[/QUOTE] No I'm pretty sure his decomposed body will not look the same.
Yeah, rip
Truly, this is a tragedy, but I think I speak for all of facepunch when I say we can all agree that while Kira's motives are obscure to us, we must always stick by him and his decisions.
[QUOTE=faze;35624535]That sucks major dick that he died.
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I feel bad for laughing, fuck.
Now Seacrest is going to take over? He was never as good as Clark.
I have no disrespect towards Dick Clark, but I've always kinda hated his New Years Eve show. It always features shitty artists. And my mom ALWAYS HAS TO watch it. Ive had some success making it so we watch different things for at least some amount of time.
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