It's not that he's one of the most successful and wealthiest people in show business. It's not even the fact that nearly all the great and plenty of not-so-great artists in the history of rock 'n' roll have appeared on his American Bandstand. The most amazing thing about Dick Clark is that he can't dance. He's admitted it.

Strollin', c. Seen on 'American Bandstand'. American Bandstand dancers - doing "The Stroll". The one dance you could get a guy to dance with you without really dancing with you. Dedicated to Dick Clark. For all the joy and entertainment you brought to the world.

Dick Clark, who has died aged 82 following a heart attack, used the fledgling mediums of rock'n'roll and television to make himself a US household name and a vast fortune. Never one to shy from the public eye, he continued to make appearances on his New Year's Rockin' Eve countdown celebration even after suffering a stroke in He had produced and presented the show from Times Square since , and took an undentable pride in supplying what the mainstream audience wanted to see.

A ubiquitous, relentlessly upbeat television personality who logged thousands of hours on-air, Clark, 82, died Wednesday of a heart attack in Santa Monica, Calif. Clark reportedly suffered the heart attack the morning after an outpatient procedure. He didn't invent that show, either.