Clark’s agent Paul Shefrin said in statement that the veteran host died this morning following a “massive heart attack.”
Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1929, Richard Wagstaff Clark began his lifelong career in show business began before he was even out of high school. He started working in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in upstate New York run by his father and uncle. It wasn’t long before the teenager was on the air, filling in for the weatherman and the announcer.”
Thank-you Mr. Clark for the wonderful memories.
RIP Mr. Clark.
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I fully appreciate his contribution to the music world as I fondly remember watching American Bandstand on Saturday afternoons as a kid. Thank you, Mr. Clark and rest in peace.