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Dick Clark, Entertainment Icon Nicknamed 'America's Oldest Teenager,' Dies at 82

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  1. GRENDEL

    GRENDEL Contributing Member

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    Clark, whose eternally youthful look earned him the nickname "America's Oldest Teenager", is survived by his three children and his third wife, Keri Wigton, married to him since 1977. He credited his appearance to good genes, once saying "if you want to stay young looking, pick your parents very carefully."

    Now, America's Oldest Teenager is gone, leaving his indelible mark on generations of fans, and helping change rock 'n' roll and TV forever. His signature sign-off was always "For now, Dick Clark… so long," said with a salute. Today, generations of Americans are saluting back.


    http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...ed-americas-oldest-teenager/story?id=16076252
     
    #1 GRENDEL, Apr 18, 2012
  2. SwoLy-D

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    Que En Paz Descanse el Señor Clark.
    R.I.P.

    :( Unhappy New Year's Eve Bash. :(
     
    #2 SwoLy-D, Apr 18, 2012
  3. ItsMyFault

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    RIP. A Legend.
     
    #3 ItsMyFault, Apr 18, 2012
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    I guess Bill Hicks was wrong about him. R.I.P.
     
    #4 weslinder, Apr 18, 2012
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    RIP. I remember American Bandstand.
     
    #5 tinman, Apr 18, 2012
  6. Yonkers

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    Dude definitely had longevity. RIP
     
    #6 Yonkers, Apr 18, 2012
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    I remember watching The $50,000 Pyramid, with my grandparents at breakfast time. My Grandma made homemade biscuits and gravy every morning, good stuff.

    RIP Mr. Clark
     
    #7 Creepy Crawl, Apr 18, 2012
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    I'm a bit surprised that he's only 82. His last few years were pretty rough on him.
     
    #8 Hammer755, Apr 18, 2012
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    RIP :( New Year's Eve will never be the same.
     
    #9 bladeage, Apr 18, 2012
  10. lalala902102001

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    RIP. I felt pretty bad when I saw him on new year's Eve after his stroke.
     
    #10 lalala902102001, Apr 18, 2012
  11. Ottomaton

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    RIP Shaggy.
     
    #11 Ottomaton, Apr 18, 2012
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    RIP Mr. Clark.

    DD
     
    #12 DaDakota, Apr 18, 2012
  13. No Worries

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    Shaggy's voice was Casey Kasem, who is most famous for American Top 40.
     
    #13 No Worries, Apr 18, 2012
  14. The_Yoyo

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    weird we were just talking about him yesterday at work randomly

    rip
     
    #14 The_Yoyo, Apr 18, 2012
  15. No Worries

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    RIP

    [​IMG]
     
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    I'm not sure how I conflated the two.

    RIP
     
    #16 Ottomaton, Apr 18, 2012
  17. Surfguy

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    I'm sorry to see him go. He was a New Year's Eve fixture. Time to erect a statue for his future appearances there...or maybe even a real robot like Dick8. How can you have New Year's without Dick Clark? :(

    New Year's Eve is cancelled this year. Sorry, folks, park's closed.
     
    #17 Surfguy, Apr 18, 2012
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    RIP. :(
     
    #18 RedRedemption, Apr 18, 2012
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    A man with so much history and an American Icon. I knew it was coming, but that was really, really sad and sort of a shock. God bless all that he did and sincere condolences to his family. :(
     
    #19 LonghornFan, Apr 18, 2012
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    the way seacrest has been waiting over clarks deathbed to get the new years gig tells me all I need to know about him. Gross.

    Anyway seacrest aint got jack on clark.

    clark was so legend he had saturday night live sketches about him.. classic:

    <iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="512" height="347" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1354067" frameborder="0"></iframe>

    RIP
     
    #20 IBTL, Apr 18, 2012
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