How Dick Clark Died, Date of Death, Age of Death, Birthday, and More!
Dick Clark reached the impressive age of 82 years. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous entrepreneur.
Biography - A Short Wiki
Television and radio spokesman who won a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 for hosting American Bandstand.
His marriage ceremony to Kari Clark began at 7 p.m. on 7/7/77. He had two sons, Duane and Richard, and a daughter, Cindy.

How did Dick Clark die?
Dick Clark's death was caused by Heart Attack.
Clark died Wednesday of a heart attack at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. His family said he had entered the hospital Tuesday night for an outpatient procedure.
Cause of death | Heart Attack |
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Age of death | 82 years |
Profession | Entrepreneur |
Birthday | November 30, 1929 |
Death date | April 18, 2012 |
Place of death | Santa Monica, California, United States |
Place of burial | Pacific Ocean |
Quotes
In Presley’s time, you didn’t dare not to be a fan of his, because you were part of a club. Now you can say I prefer Billy Joel or Tina Turner or someone else. It’s all fractionalized.
Dick Clark
My father said to me at one time, ‘If you are still a disc jockey by the time you are 30, you better find another line of work.’ Little does he realize, I am in my 70s, and I still do seven or eight hours of radio every day – or every week.
Dick Clark
Music is the soundtrack of your life.
Dick Clark
I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.
Dick Clark
I could never turn to a guy and a girl and ask, ‘Are you going steady?’ That was absolutely a no-no – it was the Eisenhower period, and no parent wanted their kid going steady, so it wasn’t a thing that you could endorse as proper behavior on the air.
Dick Clark