<p>The legendary entertainer has passed away at 82. Rest in peace. </p>
<p>Cause of death unknown at this point.</p>
<p>My thoughts are with his family and friends.</p>
<p>The muse of my early years–direct from Philly in B&W. Taught you all you needed to be cool.</p>
<p>News reports said it was a heart attack. Very sad - he will be missed.</p>
<p>It’s being reported that he had a heart attack this morning.</p>
<p>Never missed his countdown growing up. He was a true icon.</p>
<p>Did it, pats? I’m watching CNN and they said the cause of death hadn’t been confirmed but that it was assumed to be a heart attack. </p>
<p>Either way, what a talent and a life.</p>
<p>He wasn’t quite my first kiss…but he did kiss me on the cheek on my 21st birthday!</p>
<p>I was in New Orleans working a broadcasting convention, and he was the keynote speaker. I can’t even remember why we were all in a room together…but I do remember him being just the most charming nice man! When my fellow college students told him it was my birthday, he gave me a hug and that sweet kiss! A special memory I will have forever. RIP Mr. Clark.</p>
<p>So many Saturdays spent watching American Bandstand.</p>
<p>Watched the show every saturday, loved Rate the record segments…
How many times was this said,lol…</p>
<p>“It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it”</p>
<p>I can remember watching it every afternoon. An older cousin of mine was a regular on the show during the years in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Very sad!</p>
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<p>Well hard for me to laud his career when he kept his show segregated.</p>
<p>RIP, Dick.</p>
<p>Loved AB, but was not a fan of NYE.</p>
<p>Seahorse, please explain. I don’t recall that at all.</p>
<p>Not true–he had Italians and Irish kids dancing together. Times change. Deal with it. This was TV in conservative times. Blacks were rarely on TV outside sports, period. he featured many black singers all along and many feel great gratitude for that exposure.</p>
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<p>Well, there’s a great example of desegregation. Before Brown vs. Board of Ed., you never would have seen that.</p>
<p>He claimed to be the first integrated show on tv. He had african American artist, but very very few non white dancers. </p>
<p>There was a system in place to keep black kids off the show. And yes, barrons times have changed, but dick Clark claiming he did something he didn’t creates this myth of a man who opened the doors for black teens, when in fact he shut them.</p>
<p>Having the artists on was great, but sadly he continued the program of they can entertain us, but not be part of our world.
And I don’t care if the conservative, Clark allowed his show block black teens from participating yes he lived on this myth of integrating is show.</p>
<p>He made hundreds of millions of this image, but for him it was all about the money. </p>
<p>The way the very few black teens got on the show was to lie about their names and addresses so they seemed more white. At the door, no matter how they dressed if they were black, they didn’t meet the dress code. Phili was pretty intergrsted, but the show was not, all on dick Clarke watch.</p>
<p>TV has little to do with public schools. You could count on one hand any TV shows in the late 50’s/early 60’s with featured black characters. </p>
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<p>Philly integrated in the early 60’s. That is rich. No, it was not. Ask Frank Rizzo.</p>
<p>Yes, i recall how welcoming Soul Train was to white dancers. ;)</p>
<p>How can you portray Dick Clark and Bandstand as you describe and not paint Don Cornelius and Soul Train with the same brush…Heck,i think more black artists appeared AB then white artists on Soul Train…peace,love and soul. ;)</p>
<p>I was impressed that he was willing to continue to broadcast after his stroke. He and Kirk Douglas have shown that life continues after a stroke. He will be missed.</p>
<p>Well, perhaps 2012 will be the last year after all.</p>