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Dick Clark

1929 - 2012

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Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game show from 1973 to 1988 and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which broadcast New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square. As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock and roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including The Supremes, Ike & Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Iggy Pop, Prince, Talking Heads and Madonna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Clark is the 627th most popular actor (up from 6,083rd in 2019), the 1,310th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,921st in 2019) and the 320th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dick Clark ranks 627 out of 13,578. Before him are Rex Harrison, Ken Watanabe, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeffrey Wright, Michèle Morgan, and Ingrid Thulin. After him are Faten Hamama, Halle Berry, Lance Henriksen, Cornel Wilde, Morgan Fairchild, and Meg Ryan.

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Among people born in 1929, Dick Clark ranks 76. Before him are Omar Torrijos, Violeta Chamorro, Jerry Goldsmith, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, and Mike Hawthorn. After him are Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, George Steiner, Helmut Rahn, Lata Mangeshkar, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Chadli Bendjedid. Among people deceased in 2012, Dick Clark ranks 51. Before him are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stephen Covey, Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, Albert O. Hirschman, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. After him are Rodney King, Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, and E. Donnall Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Clark ranks 1,310 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jonas Salk (1914), Steve Martin (1945), Robert A. Taft (1889), Jeffrey Wright (1965), and Daniel Keyes (1927). After him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Meg Ryan (1961), and Jerry Lawler (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dick Clark ranks 320. Before him are Frank Marshall (1946), Lita Grey (1908), Anthony Edwards (1962), William Fichtner (1956), Sam Anderson (1945), and Jeffrey Wright (1965). After him are Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Meg Ryan (1961), Forest Whitaker (1961), and Laurence Fishburne (1961).

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