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tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan and more. only in america. the legacy of dick clark for the generation of superstars he helped create. good evening. youre looking live at times square where dick clark celebrated new years eve for 37 glorious years. the big story is the death of dick clark, who died of a massive heart attack today in a santa monica hospital. he was 82 years old. he is being celebrated as a music pioneer. he was a genius behind "american bandstand," making scores...

It for $140 million. that company is now worth twice that much. but dick clark knew that the money was in owning the formats of all the game shows and producing shows like "the golden globes," the "american music awards," hosting shows like "the bloopers." so he had to have his hand in every sort of aspect of television. and he knew that the hosting part was just a little entry for him, and it was just a spark that was going to get peoples interest in whatever he had to deliver and whatever he h...

Easy to discuss. now wendell pierce, known for his gritty roles is behind the scenes working on an explosive play that tackles race relations head on. clybourne park is a play that shows what happens when integration and real estate collide. >> who are you? >> this is why we have wars. one group, one tribe tries to usurp some territory. now you have this territory and you dont like having it stolen away from you. we get it. we apologize. but what good does that do if we perpetually fall into the...

plus, only in america, the legacy of dick clark for the generation of superstars that he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. youre looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind "american bandstand." listen to his great frien...

and so much more. dick clark literally did it all. tonight, the stars who knew him best pay tribute. plus, only in america, the legacy of dick clark for the generation of superstars that he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. youre looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick ...

multimillion dollar media mogul. dick clark, literally. tonight the stars pay tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan, paul anka, boys to men, debbie gibson and more. only in america, the legacy of dick clark, through the generations of superstars he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, youre looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of...

with diabetes. but the impact his life had on music. >> reading the obituaries what strikes me is that this guy was important not just in the music business, but in the culture. he desegmeregated that show. he was the first show to have black teenagers appear on it. he said the only time he got swe sweaty palms in an interview was when he interviewed a black american youth. >> he talks about that integration, you dont get the sense that this was a big planned out, plotted out strategy....

(inaudible) he was bringing integration emotionally before it was prosecute about in any other way by just having all kids get together and have fun with music. >>stuart: i will interrupt you for one second and add something from me personally. i am an englishman born and raised in england and i do remember in the 1960s i think i remember seeing dick clark and "american bandstand" appear occasionally on british television. we were always born and raised to think in american blacks and whites wer...

He was not -- even though he was a great music man and he did all the music, he had other things. he did broadway plays, he did other things as you know right away. he did the rocking new years eve show and he was all around. so he brought that -- he helped to bring that social integration long before the laws changed, long before that. and he was a today the list fca of that. and i always looked up to him because of the fact that, you know, on did it he did it from his emotion, his feeling. and...

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