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    Married to Loretta Martin for 9 years from 1962 to 1971

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    Birth of Cindy Clark

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    Karen Higdon Married to Barbara Mallery for 9 years from 1952 to 1961

    Birth of Duane Clark

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    Karen Higdon He created The Dick Clark National Music Survey for the Mutual Broadcasting System

    Birth of Richard Augustus Clark II

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    Karen Higdon He took a job as a disc jockey at radio station WFIL, adopting the Dick Clark handle

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    Karen Higdon Went to A.B. Davis High School from 1945 to 1948

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    Karen Higdon Started studying advertising and radio at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York from 1948 to 1951

    Dick Clark first produced "New Year's Rockin' Eve," a New Year's Eve music special for NBC

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    On April 18, 2012, Clark died of a heart attack following surgery to fix an enlarged prostate

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    22 Jul 2014

    Karen Higdon "The Dick Clark Show" was added to ABC's Saturday night lineup

    Clark produced and hosted the NBC series "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" with co-host with Ed McMahon

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    Clark became the first host of "The $10,000 Pyramid"

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    His show, renamed "American Bandstand," debuted nationally on August 5, 1957

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    Karen Higdon Married to Kari Wigton for 35 years from 1977 to 2012

    Clark appeared on NBC's telecast of the 2006 Emmy Awards

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    22 Jul 2014

    Karen Higdon Born 1929 in Mount Vernon, New York

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    Celebrating the life of

    Dick Clark

    30 Nov 2029 - 18 Apr 2012

    Dick Clark was an American radio and television personality who departed this life at the age of 82 of a heart attack following surgery to fix an enlarged prostate. He had Type 2 diabetes and also suffered a stroke in 2004. He was best known for hosting American Bandstand for thirty years from 1957 to 1987. As a game show host, he starred in "Pyramid" and was famous for hosting "Dick Clark's New Y... more

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