An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
My Childhood Is Officially Over :/
Dick Clark, the creator of “American Bandstand” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” died Wednesday morning.
He was 82.
Clark suffered a massive heart attack after entering St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica on Tuesday night for an outpatient procedure, his family said in a statement.
Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
Clark had suffered a stroke in 2004, which forced him to significantly curtail his hosting of “New Years’ Rockin’ Eve,” a show he created in 1972.
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.
“It’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it.”
Rest In Peace!
Sad; but, at least no long term suffering.
Tennesee’s Pat Summit has dementia and will linger on for a long time.
A truly great coach!!!!
For 38 years, her players had a 100% graduation rate.
Her teams also won a few games.
Yep…saw yesterday that she officially retired. Very sad that so many suffer from that horrid disease!
I knew I was officially mortal when Bing Crosby died. (1973, Spain?) Not sure why, but there it is. Maybe has something to do with his seemingly eternal Christmas songs which I saw being enjoyed by three previous generations. Bing brought lots of enjoyment in his time. So did Dick Clark. But I can’t put Dick in the same class as Bing.
Once a year, yeah…and I really enjoyed some of Crosby’s old movies, but Dick Clark was seriously a part of my every day growing up. It nearly killed me watching him on New Year’s Eve after his stroke.
My daughter, who is almost as big a wisenheimer as I am, said, “Now that Dick is gone.. Who’s gonna drop the balls?”