Dick Clark Overview:

Actor, Dick Clark, was born Richard Wagstaff Clark on Nov 30, 1929 in Mount Vernon, NY. Clark died at the age of 82 on Apr 18, 2012 in Santa Monica, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Clark was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and Radio Hall of Fame .

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When "New American Bandstand 1965" (1952) was picked up by ABC in 1957, he changed its name to "American Bandstand", ended the show's all-white policy and began introducing black artists. By 1959 it was broadcast by 101 affiliates and reached an audience of 20 million.

Filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that Michael Greene, president and chief executive of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, maintains a "blacklist" policy that prevents stars - including Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Toni Braxton - from performing on both Greene's Grammy Awards and Clark's American Music Awards. The suit seeks $10 million in damages. (19 December 2001)

2005: For the first time in 32 years, he was not around to see the New Year in with his "Rockin' New Year's Eve" celebration on TV. It was hoped that after he had suffered his mild stroke in early December 2004 that he would recover enough to host the festivities. With Clark still in his hospital bed on New Year's Eve, Regis Philbin filled in for him.

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