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just breaking. wow. we thought he'd be forever young.
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April 18, 2012
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.
Clark's agent Paul Shefrin said in statement that the veteran host died this morning following a "massive heart attack." He is survived by his wife Kari and his three children, RAC, Duane, and Cindy.
there goes part of our youth~
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I always loved that man. I looked forward to watching Dick Clarks New Years Ball Drop as a child. He will be missed. RIP Dick
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He was a cool guy. Used to love American Bandstand. Glad he did not let his stroke and other issues get in the way of his going on with life until now.
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(04-18-2012, 03:55 PM)QueenBee Wrote: He was a cool guy. Used to love American Bandstand. Glad he did not let his stroke and other issues get in the way of his going on with life until now.
Death definitely has a pesky way of interfering with life.
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Heart attack at 82? Jesus, what hope do any of the rest of us have?
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He was known as America's oldest teenager. When he hosted American Bandstand, a Philadelphia original that provided him the springboard to be a wealthy media mogul, the teenagers looked to me like the oldest teenagers in America.
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Damn, that old dude has been around for a Long time
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Devil Money Stealing Aunt
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he was cremated.
Hollywood producer and television legend Dick Clark died of a heart attack a day after having prostate surgery, according to a death certificate obtained by CNN.
Clark died last Wednesday at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. The day before his death, he had an operation to relieve “acute urinary retention,” an inability to urinate.
“It’s a very painful condition,” says Dr. Kevin McVary, professor of urology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
The operation is “exceedingly safe” according to McVary, a spokesman with the American Urological Association.
“The mortality rate is less than one in 1,000. That’s very low risk,” he says.
The death certificate lists acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease as the causes of death. In December 2004, Clark suffered what was then described as "a mild stroke," just months after announcing he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
