04-18-2012, 03:49 PM
just breaking. wow. we thought he'd be forever young.
![[Image: gty_dick_clark_jef_120405_wg.jpg]](http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/gty_dick_clark_jef_120405_wg.jpg)
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~
![[Image: americanband.jpg]](http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/americanband/americanbandIMAGE/americanband.jpg)
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~