Dick Clark

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Dick Clark was a prominent American television and radio personality and producer best known for hosting "American Bandstand" and creating major music award shows.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
film producer
human
radio personality
television personality
television producer
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Richard A. Clark NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-11-30
dateOfDeath 2012-04-18
educatedAt A.B. Davis High School
Syracuse University
employer ABC
CBS
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Clark
fieldOfWork broadcasting
music television
founded Dick Clark Productions
fullName Richard Wagstaff Clark
genre popular music
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
nickname America's Oldest Teenager
Dick Clark
notableAchievement helped popularize rock and roll music on American television
hosted American Bandstand nationally from 1957 to 1989
hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve for decades
notableAward Daytime Emmy Award
Peabody Award
Primetime Emmy Award
Television Academy Hall of Fame induction
notableWork Academy of Country Music Awards (television production)
American Bandstand
American Music Awards
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Golden Globe Awards (television production)
Pyramid (game show)
occupation entrepreneur
producer
radio host
television host
placeOfBirth Mount Vernon, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States
residence Burbank, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Barbara Mallery NERFINISHED
Kari Wigton
Loretta Martin


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