{"id":27905,"date":"2012-04-19T06:48:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T11:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=27905"},"modified":"2012-04-19T12:21:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T17:21:15","slug":"dick-clark-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=27905","title":{"rendered":"DICK CLARK Dies At 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARKrip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARKrip-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DICKCLARKrip\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARKrip-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARKrip-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARKrip.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nDen Headz, it is indeed a sad moment in the rock world and entertainment universe in general. Legendary American radio and television personality Dick Clark has died at the age of 82.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nClark helped usher in rock n roll music to the living rooms of Americans when he stood front and center at American Bandstand starting in the 50&#8217;s all the way into the late 80&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegarding his impact with Bandstand, singer Paul Anka explains: &#8220;This was a time when there was no youth culture \u2014 he created it. And the impact of the show on people was enormous.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe show was credited with introducing numerous artists to national audiences, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Chubby Checker.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nKISS scored their national TV debut via Dick Clark&#8217;s &#8216;IN CONCERT&#8217; on ABC in 1974.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;NOBODY loved rock n&#8217; roll more than Dick Clark!\u201d &#8211; Alice Cooper<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARK2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARK2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Clark_Dick_048_c_MOA.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARK2.jpg 282w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARK2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DICKCLARK2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TMDbanny25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TMDbanny25.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"TMDbanny\" width=\"118\" height=\"48\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27908\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>TMD salutes a true maverick of his time. Thanks for all the great tunes and laughs, Dick! You are as metal as it gets in our book! Rest in peace!!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dickclark.com\/\">http:\/\/dickclark.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Den Headz, it is indeed a sad moment in the rock world and entertainment universe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}