America's Oldest Teen, Dick Clark, Dies at 82
I've edited out some of the fluff from the CNN article:
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Yeah this is a sad day indeed, although I am a advocate news watcher...it was my 7 year old daughter the broke the news to me she said " Daddy, the guy whole drops the balls is dead". I said excuse me? And she said "You know that guy who drops the ball on New Year's" which is who she knows Dick Clark as....sure enough I looked at the Yahoo page at there it was. Me, my wife and daughter celebrated our last years watching him on TV as my wife and I have done so far every year for the past 14 years we have been together....indeed a sad day.
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Yes, a sad day for those of us left behind. But I firmly believe in 'being called Home.' Rock 'n Roll has lose a lot of it's LEGENDS in as recently as the last 14 months...just off the top of my head (and so close to my heart) there were Rick Coonce and Rob Grill, both from The Grass Roots, then Davy Jones and now Dick Clark. As it was so beautifully put in the Righteous Brothers song from the 70's...
If you believe in forever. Then life is just a one-night stand. If there's a rock and roll heaven. Well, you know they've got a hell of a band, band, band. Thanks so much to Dick Clark for giving so many of our great artists a venue to share their talents with us and helping bring so much joy and love into our lives! You'll be missed, but it's great to know that you're there getting the ULTIMATE Rock 'n Roll Show organized for the rest of us! |
for those that may be too young to know, American Bandstand was DAMN HUGE back in the day. Teens literally raced home from school to watch it.
Kind of annoying that the CNN article glossed over his other work, although that's the kind of thing I expect from CNN, aka the Sanjay Gupta Channel. For the record, Clark was huge in the game show circuit, hosting such shows as the various Pyramid incarnates, Scattegories and the Challengers. Also, he has done much radio work, including the oldies program "Rock, Roll and Remember". He also produced American Dreams, and could be seen in the show through flashback clips. There are also some "best of American Bandstand" cd's. I have the 80's version, and have been meaning to get the others. For now, Dick Clark. So long. |
It's strange that I didn't see the medias making a big deal about this.
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