Dick Clark dies at 82

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TheCommandTent

April 18, 2012, 04:40:09 PM
QuoteDick Clark, the creator of "American Bandstand" and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," died Wednesday morning.

He was 82.

Clark suffered a massive heart attack after entering St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica on Tuesday night for an outpatient procedure, his family said in a statement.

Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

Clark had suffered a stroke in 2004, which forced him to significantly curtail his hosting of "New Years' Rockin' Eve," a show he created in 1972

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I am not one for getting worked up over celebrities but I do have some fond memories of New Years Eve with my family and friends with Dick Clark on TV in the background.
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Centurion40

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April 18, 2012, 06:05:42 PM
If they bury him in Alaska, it will explain the zombie hotbed map.
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MIGMaster

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April 18, 2012, 07:49:46 PM
First time I saw Def Leppard they were on American Bandstand with DC !

Gusington

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April 18, 2012, 08:14:22 PM
I can't believe he was only 82. I thought he was in his 90s. RIP :(
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April 18, 2012, 08:41:08 PM
New Years Eve won't be the same this year.  :'( RIP
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April 19, 2012, 01:20:33 PM
I spent a lot of New Year's Eves watching Dick Clark.  He always seems like a pretty decent fellow.  R.I.P.

Martok

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April 27, 2012, 05:04:03 AM
He will be missed (including by me).  RIP. 

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LongBlade

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April 27, 2012, 08:28:01 AM
Dick Clark was certainly an icon in the music industry when I was growing up - something similar to Ryan Seacrest today I'd guess.

But it was only after the obits came out that I came to understand how influential he was in helping America to become racially integrated. He did a number of things at some professional risk and for the right reasons. After hearing that my respect for him went up considerably.

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MIGMaster

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April 27, 2012, 09:27:20 AM
+1 It was something I hadn'yt even cosnidered up til I read your post !

LongBlade

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April 27, 2012, 03:11:49 PM
Quote from: MIGMaster on April 27, 2012, 09:27:20 AM
+1 It was something I hadn'yt even cosnidered up til I read your post !

Yeah, they discussed how he was (I think) the first TV host to integrate dancing on TV. They also spent some time discussing the effect of unifying the country through music - everyone could appreciate the sounds of Motown and it quickly became accepted all over the country. Interesting that I'd never even heard of it until his death.
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Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Centurion40

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April 27, 2012, 03:17:06 PM
one of my fave Bandstand moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNRxB9X5Yj8
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