Dick Clark remembered for his classic style by Kate Johns

Dick Clark was a true icon of  the 20th Century!

Dick Clark was a truly classic, stylish, famous millionaire celebrity. He was not the type of guy that you would see hawking a new book, or trashing other celebrities. Dick Clark had class. Dick Clark was the man.
That's they way I will always remember Dick Clark as a truly classic, stylish kind of guy who had great spirit and determination.

Dick Clark, was called, "America's oldest teenager", because he was the host of American Bandstand for thirty years, and he looked the same age for many years. That is until he had a stroke in December of 2004. At first Clark wanted everyone to think he only had a mild stroke, but it became apparent  after Clark could not appear on his Rocking New Year's Eve show that same year, that he did not have a mild stoke. Clark admitted later on that he had to learn how to do the simplest things again, like walking, talking, and doing what everyone else takes for granted everyday.

I remember watching Dick Clark's American Bandstand show when I was an impressionable young teenager. But once college started and MTV came along, I was too busy and engrossed with life to watch it anymore. I loved watching American Bandstand. The show served as awesome glimpse into the pop music of that era.
It was fun to watch the show with America's oldest teenager interviewing Madonna, Michael Jackson, Rick James, and many other notable hit making stars from the 1960's,70's and the 1980's. Dick Clark seemed very comfortable talking to pop stars of the day, asking them various questions like asking Madonna what she wanted to do with her life. Her answer was something of a shock as she stated, "I want to rule the world."
I loved watching American Bandstand when Dick Clark would interview teens and young adults asking them to rate songs and give a short review of them. The answers were awesome when kids answered with, "I give it an eight Dick, because it had a good beat, and I could dance to it."
I watched American Bandstand faithfully every Saturday until I grew up, becoming too old to sit and watch the show. You know that job thing got in the way, I guess.

When Dick Clark announced on his New Year's Eve Rocking show that he had a stroke I was grossed out. I said things like, "How could he go on TV like that?" But after having a stroke in 2009, I  realized how incredibly brave he was to do that and what a truly great man Dick Clark was. He didn't seem to care if he was gorgeous enough to go on TV, he just did it.
And that my friends is what made Dick Clark a truly classy, down to earth, regular kind of guy! Copyright 2012, written by talented freelance writer Kate Johns. Copyright means you are not allowed to take, borrow, steal, use, or copy and paste any portion of this article due it being an infringement of a writer's rights!

Ten Celebrities born in Buffalo, New York by Kate Johns

After perusing about ten websites, I discovered that only the most well known celebrities that are already dead, have been placed on a list of celebrities having been born in Buffalo, New York.

The lists were very much the same, looking like the website writers and bloggers were copying each other's information. I created a better top ten celebrities born in Buffalo, New York list:

1.Lucille Ball, was born in 1911, in Jamestown , New York. She became a famous actress, having her own TV show. "I Love Lucy."Ball  became famous for her comedy routines, acting abilities, actually starting her career as a model. She died back in 1989, from an aneurysm.

2. Super freak, Rick James, who became a hit making super freaky machine in the late 1970's and 1980's had a major drug addiction problem and died from a host of health problems in 2,004. He grew up in Buffalo, New York, and died in California, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

3.Diane English  was  a writer and creator of the hit TV series, "Murphy Brown."

4. Nancy Marchand, also born in Buffalo, New York, went on to  star in movies, including playing Tony Soprano's mother, in the HBO award winning TV series, "The Sopranos." She died in 2,000.

5. CNN Journalist Wolf Blitzer was born in Buffalo, New York. Wolf went on to make a career out of telling news stories for a living. Blitzer has been giving us the news from the CNN studios, and currently is hosting a CNN show called, The situation Room.

6. Wendie Matlick was born in Buffalo, New York in 1950. Wendie Matlick is one of the four reigning female stars of the hit comedy TV show, "Hot in Cleveland."

7. Johnny Rzeznik was born in 1965, into a Polish family, becoming an orphan by the age of 16. He is the lead singer for the Goo Goo Dolls, who have had hit songs named, "Iris,", "Name," and "Slide".

8. Have to name this guy, when talking about famous people from Buffalo, New York; Robby Takac. Robby was born in 1963, and he is the bass player for The Goo Goo Dolls. Robby does not act like a star, currently residing in South Buffalo.

9. Christine Baranski is also an actress, who has shown great promise in her roles. She starred as Cybil Shepard's best friend, in "Cybil", and as the Grinch's girlfriend, in the classic cartoon redone as a movie, "The Grinch." You may have noticed she plays a great dysfunctional mom on the Big Bang Theory!

10. Amanda Blake was born in Buffalo New York in 1929. Blake was best known for her starring role in the hit TV series, "Gunsmoke, " as Miss Kitty. Blake died in 1989 from AIDS-related complications. At the time of her death, she also had throat cancer.Copyright 2012, written by Kate Johns, a talented writer who started writing professionally in 2004!