Dick Clark's Death

R.I.P.: Dick Clark died yesterday at the age of 82. He suffered a massive heart attack. Clark won 5 Emmy Awards for his work, as well as a Peabody Award. One Emmy was a lifetime achievement award. Dick Clark's rep tells TMZ, there will be NO public funeral. In lieu of flowers, Dick's family asks that donations be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation based in Miami. Clark is survived by his wife Kari and three children.

 Dick Clark By The Numbers from cnn.com

500,000 – Sales mark to get a "Gold Record" award from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

$10,000 – The grand prize on the original incarnation of the Pyramid game show, launched in 1973.

1972 – Clark's first year as host of the televised New Year's Eve celebrations at Times Square.

98 – The highest possible score on American Bandstand's "Rate a Record" segment. The lowest was 35.

45 – The number of revolutions per minute on a vinyl record single.

33 – Number of corporations Clark was involved with by 1960.

30 – The number of years "American Bandstand" ran on ABC. The show was on the network from 1957 to 1987 and then ran one more year in syndication.

19 – How many Golden Globe Awards won by Dick Clark Production.

7 – A favorite number. Clark was married at 7pm on 7/7/77 and had a P.O. Box 7777 in Burbank.

6 – The amount of Daytime Emmy Awards Clark won.

5 – The age when Clark first started working – he "published" a neighborhood gossip paper for 2 cents each.

3 – The number of children Clark had, Richard ("RAC"), Duane, and Cindy. It is also the number of times Clark was married. He was divorced twice, and had been married to his current wife, Kari, since 1977.

2 – The number of movies where he appears as an actor that have the word "young" in the title: "Because They're Young" (1960) and "The Young Doctors" (1961).

1 – The number of times Clark missed a Times Square New Years Eve broadcast from 1972 to 2011. He missed 2004 while he was recovering from a stroke.

10 Interesting Facts about Dick Clark

1. Dick Clark was a huge Flintstone fan. and owned a ‘Bedrock’ inspired estate in Malibu, California worth a cool 3.5 million dollars.

2. Dick was introduced to the broadcast world by his father Richard Augustus who was a station manager for WRUN in Utica, NY.

4. Clark graduated with a degree in Business from Syracuse University and is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon a fraternity that began at Yale in 1844. Some of Delta Kappa Epsilon notable members are George H. W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt and Rutherford B. Hayes.

5. After graduating high school, America’s Oldest Teenager began working at Syracuse University’s student-run radio station WAER-FM at the tender age of 17.

6. The early part of his career wasn’t all peaches and cream as he survived the infamous Payola Scandol which ended the career of Rock and Roll Dj Alan Freed.

7. American Bandstand first aired in Philadelphia and Dick Clark is credited with putting the city of brotherly love on the cultural map.

8. Dick Clark helped to intergrate the dance floors of a ‘Black and White’ America by inviting black dancers to his show in 1958 just one year after starting American Bandstand.

9. Clark’s last big television gig was Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012.

10. Even though he couldn’t play a single instrument, Clark was one of the most passionate music lovers that ever live and once said “Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

MORE Interesting Facts about Dick Clark

Clark suffered a serious stroke in 2004 that left his speech impaired. He returned to host his “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” show in 2005 along with “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest.

He also worked as a DJ at WFIL in Philadelphia. His show was called "Dick Clark's Caravan of Music."

Dick hosted 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.', "Pyramid", "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" and the "American Music Awards"

Dick introduced Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson.

Dick's nick name is "America's oldest teenager."

Dick Clark was inducted in the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8th, 1960.

Dick Clark said on one episode of The $100,000 Pyramid that he married Kari Wigton on 7/7/77. At the ceremony there were 7 candles and 7 people in the wedding party. Actor John Davidson's father officiated at the ceremony, and they asked if he could finish the whole ceremony in 17 minutes. He did.

Neither Dick Clark nor his wife drank, even on New Years Eve.

Dick Clark was hospitalized for a mild stroke in 2004.

Dick Clark was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Dick Clark graduated from Syracuse University in 1951 with a degree in business administration.

Dick Clark began his career in 1945 in the mailroom of WRUN in Utica, New York, working his way up to weatherman and then newsman.

Dick Clark stood 5'9" tall.

Dick Clark's nickname was The World's Oldest Teenager

Dick Clark wrote five books, including three on the history of American Bandstand, one on teen grooming and his memoirs, Rock, Roll & Remember!

When "New American Bandstand 1965" was picked up by ABC in 1957, Dick changed its name to "American Bandstand". He also anded the show's all-white policy and began introducing black artists. By 1959, Bandstand had 101 affiliates and reached an audience of 20 million people.

- Dick Clark died yesterday at the age of 82. He suffered a massive heart attack. Clark won 5 Emmy Awards for his work, as well as a Peabody Award. One Emmy was a lifetime achievement award. Dick Clark's rep tells TMZ, there will be NO public funeral. In lieu of flowers, Dick's family asks that donations be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation based in Miami. Clark is survived by his wife Kari and three children.

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 Cheatermobile

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1. BMW (19.21% of these drivers cheat)

2. Audi (8.79% of these drivers cheat)

3. Mercedes (8.23% of these drivers cheat)

4. Jaguar (6.59% of these drivers cheat )

5. Land Rover (4.94% of these drivers cheat)

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