BREAKING NEWS: Television icon Dick Clark dies of massive heart attack aged 82

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Dick Clark, the legendary TV host who brought American Bandstand and his trademark New Year’s countdown to living rooms for decades, has died.
The career entertainer was 82 years old.
Spokesman Paul Shefrin said Clark had a massive heart attack this morning at Saint John's hospital in Santa Monica, a day after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure.

American icon: Dick Clark, who hosted shows like American Bandstand, and his New Year's Eve specials has died at 82

Nothing but love: Clark gets a hug from singer Mariah Carey in a 2006 broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Clark had continued performing even after he suffered a stroke in 2004 that affected his ability to speak and walk.
He thrived as the founder of Dick Clark Productions, supplying movies, game and music shows, beauty contests and more to TV.
Among his credits: The $25,000 Pyramid,TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes and the American Music Awards.
For a time in the 1980s, he had shows on all three networks and was listed among the Forbes 400 of wealthiest Americans.

Honoured: Dick Clark speaks during a tribute to him at

the 58th annual Prime time Emmy Awards in 2006

'There's hardly any segment of the population that doesn't see what I do,' Clark told The Associated Press in a 1985 interview.
'It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, `I love your show,' and I have no idea which one they're talking about'.
He was dubbed ‘America’s oldest teenager’ because of his fresh-faced appearance that was seemingly unchanged for years.
But the stroke in December 2004 changed that, severely damaging Clark's mobility and leaving him unable to appear on the New Year’s Eve telecast that year.
When he returned to Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin' Eve in 2005, he appeared noticeably gaunt and frail.
The original American Bandstand was one of network TV's longest-running series as part of ABC's daytime line-up from 1957 to 1987.
Clark joined 'Bandstand' in 1956 after Bob Horn, who'd been the host since its 1952 debut, was fired. Under Clark's guidance, it went from a local Philadelphia show to a national phenomenon.
'I played records, the kids danced, and America watched,' was how Clark once described the series' simplicity. In his 1958 hit 'Sweet Little Sixteen,' Chuck Berry sang that 'they'll be rocking on Bandstand, Philadelphia, P-A'.
As a host, he had the smooth delivery of a seasoned radio announcer. As a producer, he had an ear for a hit record. Read more

Comments

Thousands of protesters clash with police in Chicago: Chaos in the Windy City as 45 activists arrested and one cop stabbed after demonstrators target NATO

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights have raised the intensity of a march in downtown Chicago on Sunday as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. The protest, one of the city's largest in years, turned violent at the end of an anti-NATO march, where demonstrators confronted Chicago police, pushing against a line of officers several blocks from the lakefront convention center where President Obama hosted a gathering of world leaders. Authorities were seen making arrests one by one and leading individual demonstrators away in handcuffs. After a clash near McCormick Place, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said at a news conference that the protests resulted in 45 people being arrested and four officers suffering injuries - one from a stab wound in the leg. Scroll down for video Clash: Demonstrators try to flee the police as they are move in on them ...

MBINU ZA KUMFIKISHA MWANAMKE MWENYE MAKALIO MAKUBWA KILELENI KWA HARAKA

Kwa kawaida wanawake wanafikia kilele (mwisho wa utamu wa ngono) kati ya dakika ishirini na saa moja, yaani kwa kifupi inawachukua muda mrefu sana hali inayopelekea mpenzi mvivu kuchoka na ufanyaji wake utakuwa wa “ovyo” hali itakayo kufanya wewe kuishiwa na hamu ya kuendelea. Pamoja na kuchelewa huko ambako kunatokana na utofauti wetu kati ya mwanaume na mwanamke lakini nakumbuka hapo nyuma nilikutana na wanawake 2 waliokuwa ndani ya ndoa na wamezaa lakini hawajawahi kabisa kujua utamu wa tendo hilo alimaharufu kama “kufanya mapenzi”. Natambua kuwa ni ngumu au niseme si wanawake wote ambao wamejaaliwa kimaumbile kwamba wanafanikiwa kufika kileleni zaidi ya mara mbili kila wanapofanya mapenzi/ngono (kumbuka ni kati ya dakika 15 na saa moja hivyo Jibaba hapa awe na uwezo wa kujizuia kwa zaidi ya dk 45) na ikiwa jamaa ni “mzamiaji” basi unaweza ukaondoka na goli 3 ktk mzunguuko mmoja. Lakini kwa nini basi baadhi yao tu ndio wafike kileleni na wengine was...

LEO NI BUNGE LA BAJETI

Waziri wa Fedha na Uchumi, Mustafa Mkulo. -WANANCHI WATAKA IPUNGUZE UKALI WA MAISHA MACHO na masikio ya mamilioni ya Watanzania na wadau wa nje, leo yanaelekezwa Dodoma ambako Bajeti ya Serikali kwa mwaka wa fedha 2011/12 itasomwa.Wananchi wengi wamekuwa na shauku ya kujua mwelekeo wa bajeti hiyo hasa katika kipindi hiki ambacho wanakabiliwa na hali ngumu ya maisha iliyotokana na kupanda kwa bei vyakula na bidhaa za mafuta. Kwa takriban wiki nzima iliyopita, baadhi ya wananchi wamekuwa wakituma ujumbe mfupi wa maandishi kwa simu katika vyombo vya habari, wakiisihi serikali kuhakikisha kuwa bajeti ya mwaka huu inawaondoa katika hali ngumu ya maisha. Bajeti hiyo itakayosomwa bungeni na Waziri wa Fedha na Uchumi, Mustafa Mkulo itatangazwa kwa wakati mmoja na bajeti za serikali za nchi zote za Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki (EAC), katika mtazamo wa kuimarisha mshimakano na umoja wa nchi hizo. Kwa kawaida na mazoea ya muda mrefu, baj...

MTAZAMO WA JAMII

Search This Blog