Search results
Sep 22, 2023 · Dick Clark, Iowa senator who shaped policy in Africa, dies at 95 - The Washington Post. The one-term Democrat condemned White-minority rule in southern Africa and spent three decades at the Aspen...
Apr 18, 2012 · Television and radio personality Dick Clark died Wednesday after suffering a massive heart attack.
Apr 18, 2012 · He was 82. Clark died Wednesday of a heart attack at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. His family said he had entered the hospital Tuesday night for an outpatient procedure.
- Who Was Dick Clark?
- Early Life
- 'American Bandstand'
- Payola Scandal
- TV Personality
- 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'
- Personal Life and Later Years
- Death and Legacy
Sometimes known as "America's oldest teenager," Dick Clark was one of the most influential figures in popular music. American Bandstand began in 1957 and continued until 1989. With the show, he helped advance the careers of countless artists, including Paul Anka, Barry Manilow and Madonna. The program's mix of lip-synched performances and its "Rate...
Born Richard Wagstaff Clark on November 30, 1929, he was the son of a sales manager for radio stations. Clark decided he wanted to pursue a career in radio in his early teens. While in high school, he suffered a great personal loss. His older brother Bradley was killed during World War II. As the war was ending, he began his career in show business...
WFIL had an affiliated television station (now WPVI) which began broadcasting a show called Bob Horn's Bandstandin 1952. Clark was a regular substitute host on the popular afternoon program, which had teenagers dancing to popular music. When Horn left the show, Clark became the full-time host on July 9, 1956. Largely through Clark's initiative, Ban...
During the 1950s, Clark also began investing in the music publishing and recording business. His business interests grew to include record companies, song publishing houses, and artist management groups. When the record industry's "payola" scandal (involving payment in return for airplay) broke in 1959, Clark told a congressional committee he was u...
The move to Los Angeles, the center of the entertainment industry, allowed Clark to diversify his involvement in television production. Dick Clark Productions began presenting variety programs and game shows, most successfully The $25,000 Pyramid and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes. Among the many awards programs the company produced was the Americ...
In 1972, Clark produced and hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the long-running special that has been broadcast on December 31 of each year. The program consists of live segments which feature Clark, his co-hosts, and different entertainment acts in and around New York City's Times Square. The performances continue until the clock counts d...
Clark was married three times. He first wed high school sweetheart Barbara Mallery in 1952, and the couple had one son, Richard, before their divorce in 1961. He then married his former secretary, Loretta Martin, in 1962. The couple had two children, Duane and Cindy. They divorced in 1971. Since July 7, 1977, Clark was married to another of his for...
After his stroke in 2004, Clark was not in the public eye as much as he once was. Still he remained active behind the scenes and made his annual appearances on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Before the 2012 program, he told a reporter that he had physical therapy daily. "I'm making reasonable progress and I feel really good," he said. Sadly, ...
People also ask
How did Dick Clark die?
Who is Dick Clark?
What did Dick Clark do for a living?
Did Dick Clark have a stroke?
Apr 18, 2012 · One of America's best-known veteran television personalities, Dick Clark, has died aged 82. Clark, who presented the long-running music show American Bandstand and an annual New Year's Eve...
Apr 18, 2012 · Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike.
Richard Wagstaff Clark [1] [2] (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.
