{"id":13078,"date":"2012-04-18T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=13078"},"modified":"2012-04-18T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:05:23","slug":"dick-clark-dead-at-82-whos-americas-oldest-teenager-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dick-clark-dead-at-82-whos-americas-oldest-teenager-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Clark Dead at 82: Who&#8217;s America&#8217;s Oldest Teenager Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13079\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13079\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13079\" title=\"American Bandstand\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DickClarkBobby-Rydell.-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DickClarkBobby-Rydell.-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DickClarkBobby-Rydell..jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dick Clark, Bobby Rydell, and the Kidz<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2012\/04\/18\/report-dick-clark-dies-from-massive-heart-attack-at-age-82\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dick Clark<\/strong> died<\/a> at 82 years of age this morning of a &#8220;massive heart attack.&#8221; Although Clark probably resonates deeply with our demographic&#8217;s collective pre-rock nerd childhood, he probably doesn&#8217;t inspire the hipster love that the recently departed <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/the-day-the-soul-train-stopped-don-cornelius-dead-of-apparent-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Cornelius<\/a><\/strong> did. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that he was a <em>great<\/em> man.<\/p>\n<p>That said, can any Townsperson cite a more cherished <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Bandstand\" target=\"_blank\">American Bandstand<\/a><\/em> moment than the following? He and his audience had it coming to them, no?<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZLhqTzjpUM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><em>NEXT: Rock Town Hall&#8217;s Official Eulogy<\/em><em>&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick Clark died at 82 years of age this morning of a &#8220;massive heart attack.&#8221; Although Clark probably resonates deeply with our demographic&#8217;s collective pre-rock nerd childhood, he probably doesn&#8217;t inspire the hipster love that the recently departed Don Cornelius did. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that he was a great man. 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