[Vision2020] Dick Clark Dead at 82

Wed Apr 18 22:14:38 PDT 2012

A virtual afterlife for the 21st century.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tupac is touring again.
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/hologram-tupac-tour-snoop-dre_n_1430798.html
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
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> From: deb <debismith at moscow.com>
> To: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>; Tom Hansen
> <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dick Clark Dead at 82
>
> considering how he looked the past few, betcha he will. Dick Clark and Elvis
> will go on...death will make an exception for icons!
> Debi R-S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Campbell
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dick Clark Dead at 82
>
> Will he still do the New Year's Eve special?
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> Courtesy of CBS News at:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57415954-10391698/dick-clark-dead-at-82/
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> Dick Clark dead at 82
>
>
> Spokesman Paul Shefrin said the "American Bandstand" creator had a heart
> attack Wednesday morning at Saint John's hospital in Santa Monica, a day
> after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure.
>
> Long dubbed "the world's oldest teenager" because of his boyish appearance,
> Clark bridged the rebellious new music scene and traditional show business,
> and was equally comfortable whether chatting about music with Sam Cooke or
> bantering with Ed McMahon about TV bloopers. He thrived as the founder of
> Dick Clark Productions, supplying movies, game and music shows, beauty
> contests and more to TV. Among his credits: "The $25,000 Pyramid," "TV's
> Bloopers and Practical Jokes" and the American Music Awards.
>
> For a time in the 1980s, he had shows on all three networks and was listed
> among the Forbes 400 of wealthiest Americans. Clark also was part of radio
> as partner in the United Stations Radio Networks, which provided programs -
> including Clark's - to thousands of stations.
>
> "There's hardly any segment of the population that doesn't see what I do,"
> Clark told The Associated Press in a 1985 interview.
>
> "It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, 'I love your show,'
> and I have no idea which one they're talking about."
>
> The original "American Bandstand" was one of network TV's longest-running
> series as part of ABC's daytime lineup from 1957 to 1987. It later aired for
> a year in syndication and briefly on the USA Network. Over the years, it
> introduced stars ranging from Buddy Holly to Madonna. The show's status as
> an American cultural institution was solidified when Clark donated
> Bandstand's original podium and backdrop to the Smithsonian Institution.
>
> Clark joined "Bandstand" in 1956 after Bob Horn, who'd been the host since
> its 1952 debut, was fired. Under Clark's guidance, it went from a local
> Philadelphia show to a national phenomenon.
>
> "I played records, the kids danced, and America watched," was how Clark once
> described the series' simplicity. In his 1958 hit "Sweet Little Sixteen,"
> Chuck Berry sang that "they'll be rocking on Bandstand, Philadelphia, P-A."
>
> As a host, he had the smooth delivery of a seasoned radio announcer. As a
> producer, he had an ear for a hit record. He also knew how to make wary
> adults welcome this odd new breed of music in their homes.
>
> Clark endured accusations that he was in with the squares, with critic
> Lester Bangs defining Bandstand as "a leggily acceptable euphemism of the
> teenage experience." In a 1985 interview, Clark acknowledged the complaints.
> "But I knew at the time that if we didn't make the presentation to the older
> generation palatable, it could kill it."
>
> "So along with Little Richard and Chuck Berry and the Platters and the Crows
> and the Jayhawks ... the boys wore coats and ties and the girls combed their
> hair and they all looked like sweet little kids into a high school dance,"
> he said.
>
> But Clark defended pop artists and artistic freedom, the Rock and Roll Hall
> of Fame said in an online biography of the 1993 inductee. He helped give
> black artists their due by playing original R&B recordings instead of cover
> versions by white performers, and he condemned censorship.
>
> His stroke in December 2004 forced him to miss his annual appearance on
> "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." He returned the following year and,
> although his speech at times was difficult to understand, many,  including
> other stroke victims,  praised his bravery.
>
> Still speaking with difficulty, he continued taking part in his New Year's
> shows, though in a diminished role. Ryan Seacrest became the main host.
>
> "I'm just thankful I'm still able to enjoy this once-a-year treat," he told
> The Associated Press by e-mail in December 2008 as another New Year's Eve
> approached.
>
> He was honored at the Emmy Awards in 2006, telling the crowd: "I have
> accomplished my childhood dream, to be in show business. Everybody should be
> so lucky to have their dreams come true. I've been truly blessed."
>
> He was born Richard Wagstaff Clark in Mount Vernon, N.Y., in 1929. His
> father, Richard Augustus Clark, was a sales manager who worked in radio.
>
> Clark idolized his athletic older brother, Bradley, who was killed in World
> War II. In his 1976 autobiography, "Rock, Roll & Remember," Clark recalled
> how radio helped ease his loneliness and turned him into a fan of Steve
> Allen, Arthur Godfrey and other popular hosts.
>
> From Godfrey, he said, he learned that "a radio announcer does not talk to
> `those of you out there in radio land'; a radio announcer talks to me as an
> individual."
>
> Clark began his career in the mailroom of a Utica, N.Y., radio station in
> 1945. By age 26, he was a broadcasting veteran, with nine years' experience
> on radio and TV stations in Syracuse and Utica, N.Y., and Philadelphia. He
> held a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. While in Philadelphia,
> Clark befriended Ed McMahon, who later credited Clark for introducing him to
> his future "Tonight Show" boss, Johnny Carson.
>
> In the 1960s, "American Bandstand" moved from black-and-white to color, from
> weekday broadcasts to once-a-week Saturday shows and from Philadelphia to
> Los Angeles. Although its influence started to ebb, it still featured some
> of the biggest stars of each decade, whether Janis Joplin, the Jackson 5,
> Talking Heads or Prince.
>
> But Clark never did book two of rock's iconic groups, the Beatles and the
> Rolling Stones. Elvis Presley also never performed, although Clark managed
> an on-air telephone interview while Presley was in the Army.
>
> When Michael Jackson died in June 2009, Clark recalled working with him
> since he was a child, adding, "of all the thousands of entertainers I have
> worked with, Michael was THE most outstanding. Many have tried and will try
> to copy him, but his talent will never be matched."
>
> Clark kept more than records spinning with his Dick Clark Productions. Its
> credits included the Academy of Country Music and Golden Globe awards; TV
> movies including the Emmy-winning "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1984),
> the "$25,000 Pyramid" game show and the 1985 film "Remo Williams: The
> Adventure Begins." Clark himself made a cameo on "The Fresh Prince of
> Bel-Air" and a dramatic appearance as a witness on the original "Perry
> Mason." He was an involuntary part of Michael Moore's Academy Award-winning
> "Bowling for Columbine," in which Clark is seen brushing off Moore as the
> filmmaker confronts him about working conditions at a restaurant owned by
> Clark.
>
> In 1974, at ABC's request, Clark created the American Music Awards after the
> network lost the broadcast rights to the Grammy Awards.
>
> He was also an author, with "Dick Clark's American Bandstand" and such
> self-help books as "Dick Clark's Program for Success in Your Business and
> Personal Life" and "Looking Great, Staying Young." His unchanging looks
> inspired a joke in "Peggy Sue Gets Married," the 1986 comedy starring
> Kathleen Turner as an unhappy wife and mother transported back to 1960.
> Watching Clark on a black-and-white TV set, she shakes her head in
> amazement, "Look at that man, he never ages."
>
> Clark's clean-cut image survived a music industry scandal. In 1960, during a
> congressional investigation of "payola" or bribery in the record and radio
> industry, Clark was called on to testify.
>
> He was cleared of any suspicions but was required by ABC to divest himself
> of record-company interests to avoid any appearance of a conflict of
> interest. The demand cost him $8 million, Clark once estimated. His holdings
> included partial ownership of Swan Records, which later released the first
> U.S. version of the Beatles' smash "She Loves You."
>
> In 2004, Clark announced plans for a revamped version of "American
> Bandstand." The show, produced with "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller,
> was to feature a host other than Clark.
>
> He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1994 and served as spokesman for
> the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
>
> Clark, twice divorced, had a son, Richard Augustus II, with first wife
> Barbara Mallery and two children, Duane and Cindy, with second wife Loretta
> Martin. He married Kari Wigton in 1977.
>
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> Dick Clark, host of "American Bandstand" (March 3, 1959)
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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