BREAKING NEWS: Dick Clark suffers stroke
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:17 pm
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BREAKING NEWS: Dick Clark suffers stroke
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:18 pm
Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:19 pm
Dick Clark hospitalized for stroke
He’ll miss annual New Year’s Eve in Times SquareMSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 3:07 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2004LOS ANGELES - Longtime “American Bandstand” host and pop music producer Dick Clark has been hospitalized in the Los Angeles area after suffering a stroke, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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“He did have a minor stroke and he’s in the hospital for that reason but he’ll be fine,” spokeswoman Amy Streibel told Reuters.
CBS Radio has reported that the stroke means Clark will miss his annual New Year's Eve events in New York's Times Square.
The 75-year-old Clark, who helped make rock music palatable to mainstream America with his clean cut nationally televised ”Bandstand” has been one of the country’s best-known television hosts since the show’s debut in the 1950s.
“American Bandstand” helped promote the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Chubby Checker.
He’ll miss annual New Year’s Eve in Times SquareMSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 3:07 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2004LOS ANGELES - Longtime “American Bandstand” host and pop music producer Dick Clark has been hospitalized in the Los Angeles area after suffering a stroke, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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“He did have a minor stroke and he’s in the hospital for that reason but he’ll be fine,” spokeswoman Amy Streibel told Reuters.
CBS Radio has reported that the stroke means Clark will miss his annual New Year's Eve events in New York's Times Square.
The 75-year-old Clark, who helped make rock music palatable to mainstream America with his clean cut nationally televised ”Bandstand” has been one of the country’s best-known television hosts since the show’s debut in the 1950s.
“American Bandstand” helped promote the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Chubby Checker.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:20 pm
yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
You're kidding...right
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:22 pm
yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
America's oldest teenager.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:23 pm
yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
The guy who does ABC's New Year's Rockin Eve from Times Square each year. He looks like he's 40 but he's really 75.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:23 pm
Skywatch_NC wrote:yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
You're kidding...right
No I am not... didn't know who he was. Sorry.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:24 pm
Brent wrote:yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
The guy who does ABC's New Year's Rockin Eve from Times Square each year. He looks like he's 40 but he's really 75.
Oh ok, thanks.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:25 pm
yoda wrote:Skywatch_NC wrote:yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
You're kidding...right
No I am not... didn't know who he was. Sorry.
No prob...just surprised that you never caught one of his New Year's Rockin' Eve shows...a true American icon!
Sure won't seem the same without him this year hosting due to his stroke...
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:27 pm
American Bandstand!!!
I had to wait until my mother went to her bridge club to watch that. She caught me once and walloped my butt good!!!
I had to wait until my mother went to her bridge club to watch that. She caught me once and walloped my butt good!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:49 pm
I used to watch Bandstand every day after school back in the days when it was televised from Philly (yes, I'm ancient).
Steve
Steve
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:02 pm
Oh NO!! It's not going to be the same for New Year's without him at Times Square! My prayers are with him for a full and speedy recovery.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:03 pm
The Dick Clark New Year's Eve slot machine is my favorite (and most profitable) at the casino in Indian Springs, Nevada....
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:07 pm
yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
<shakes head ruefully>......... I am so old..........
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:09 pm
Oh NO!!! He was my last remaining hope that it is possible to live forever and never grow old !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:11 pm
JenBayles wrote:yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
<shakes head ruefully>......... I am so old..........
Don't feel bad - I was just remembering how excited I was when I caught a doubloon from him when he was Bacchus a few years back.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:33 pm
Oh no! I hope he could receive meds within that 3 hour window. At least that's what I'm going to focus on. We had a family member have a devastating massive stroke almost 5 years ago. He was rushed to the ER within 10 minutes of it's onset. We all just assumed he could receive the clot busting medication (a true miracle in itself), but he was on blood thinners. So all they could do was sedate him. I am hoping the effects of Dick Clark's stroke won't be severe.
Yoda, I believed you. My kids wouldn't know who Dick Clark would be, if not for the weekly TV show, American Dreams.
Mary
Yoda, I believed you. My kids wouldn't know who Dick Clark would be, if not for the weekly TV show, American Dreams.
Mary
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:44 pm
Apparently the stroke was minor. I hope it doesn't keep him from hosting the New Year's Eve stuff this year.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:30 pm
Good grief! Our generation (baby boomers) tends to
think that Dick Clark has to last forever (knowing
that no one does)! I learned to dance on
"American Bandstand"! (And, STILL can't....!)
think that Dick Clark has to last forever (knowing
that no one does)! I learned to dance on
"American Bandstand"! (And, STILL can't....!)
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:14 pm
yoda wrote:Sorry for my ignorance, but who is he exactly?
WHAT???? He was the host of the infamous "American Bandstand" and he hosted New Years Eve in Times Square for years and years! He is the man who never ages.
Praying he will be okay!