Via The LA Times:

“Dick Clark, who died of a massive heart attack on Wednesday in Santa Monica, was considered by many to be the person most responsible for the bonfire spread of rock ‘n’ roll across the country in the late 1950s through his show “American Bandstand”.

For three decades, he was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year’s Eve countdowns…”.

Okay, so there isn’t a huge overflow of sympathy and sadness in this video, but I decided to put it up for people in my generation and younger than me who might not quite know who Dick Clark is.

RIP man.