Dick Clark

Dick Clark

Richard Wagstaff Clark

Born November 30, 1929· Mount Vernon, New York, USA

† Died April 18, 2012

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Raised in Mount Vernon after his Bronxville birth, Clark pursued radio from a young age and earned an advertising degree with a radio minor at Syracuse University, where he also joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. Launching his on-air career in the mid-1940s, he progressed from a mailroom clerk to a disc jockey and television host, eventually taking over the Philadelphia-based Bandstand in 1956; the progr…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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