watch every new year's eve. dick clark was the one. >> oh, it's the main memory of watching the new year's eve, "new year's rockin' eve" and watching the ball drop and seeing him. even in the last couple of years post stroke, just his strength. i think that was really an amazing representation. >> it was like a ritual every year. "new year's rockin' eve," it made new year's what it is. he will certainly be missed. >> well, on twitter immediately, dick clark became a trending topic. within just moments of the news. from ryan seacrest, clark's haiheir apparent, he said i'm deeply saddened by the loss of my true friend, dick clark. he has truly been one of the greatest influences in my life. joan rivers wrote very sad to hear about dick clark. what a great life. what a great career. relevant until the end. he will be missed. and from snoop dogg, as expected with a lot of personality. rest in peace to the dick clark, double exclamation point. you are a pioneer and a good man. thank you, sir. and from marie osmond. in 1974, my first time on "bandstand" i thought dick clark was the most handsome man in show business. marie osmond will be our guest later on this hour. dick clark's life was an amazing story. he was born in mt. vernon, new york, in 1929. he started working at his uncle's radio station as a teenager. that was a passion he continued to pursue through college and after graduating he moved to philadelphia where he became a dj at radio station wfil. wfil also had a tv station. and it was there that dick clark became the dick clark we know. >> you were doing a popular radio show? >> i was doing the radio version of it. >> i see. with kids coming over? >> no, they just called it want bandstand. dan melnick came down to watch it and he wrote a memo saying i don't know why, but i think we ought to buy this. they bought it for a seven-week trial. and keep in mind, in those days abc had 68 affiliates, contribution had 150, nbc had 180, huge competition. within four weeks it went to number one. it can never happen again. >> "american bandstand" was on the air for 32 years. its run ended in 1989. dick clark later became host of shows like "the $10,000 pyramid." he also hosted rock 'n' roll and remember. now, clark wasn't just a host, he was a producer. he formed dick clark productions in 1956 and there he produced a lot of big name productions. things like the golden globes, the academy of country music awards and the american music awards. he produced tv shows including "american dreams" and "so you think you can dance." he also produced the special "new years's rockin' eve." that first aired in 1974 and mr. clark appeared every year except for one in, 2004 when he suffered a stroke. he has shared hosting duties with ryan seacrest since he returned in 2005. safe to say in american television and radio pop culture, he's a true legend. he won five emmys, including a lifetime achievement award, and has been inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. let's turn to paul who's at the hollywood walk of fame standing by the dick clark star tonight. paul, what is the reaction there? >> reporter: well, as you look behind me and see this wreath, the reaction here is sadness. and then fond memories, erin. people here talking about the dick clark that they had a brush with. when you talk to people who had worked with dick clark or people who had been behind the scenes with him on his multiple productions. they all talked about how kind he was but also how professional he was. how detailed he was. how he made sure that everything in a dick clark production went well. and with all that good attitude, he also made sure that everything he produced was outstanding. so fond memories of dick clark here and of course he's beloved in this town, why? because dick clark put a lot of people to work. he created a lot of jobs here, erin. >> paul, thank you very much. amazing how people already have gathered. a.j. hammer is with me now, the host of hln's "showbiz tonight." good to see you. i know you met him personally. what was your impression of him? >> he was a really good guy and a real pro. the idea that i got to meet my idol. this was back in the 1990s. but i came up sort of the same way that he did, as did many of my colleagues who do entertainment or music-related reporting. i was 15 years old when i started. from very early in my life he was a huge inspiration, not just from seeing him on "american bandstand" but listening to his weekly top 40 radio show. so when i found out, erin, that he was coming on as a guest, and this is after i interviewed some of the biggest stars in the world. it was sort of the run of the day there at vh1 at the time, i heard dick clark was coming in to talk about his new book and i got nervous. i was so nervous that my idol was coming in but he made me so at ease. afterwards, he closed the door of my dressing room, told me what a great job he thought i did. >> did he really? >> and really made me believe in myself at that point because he showed me he believed in me. he has everything to do with why i do what i do and how i try to do it. i hope i can aspire to the bar that he set so high. >> it's amazing. and one thing that i think is interesting from what you're saying or it sounds like you're saying is that he just was a really incredible person. there were a lot of reasons that he was where he was, that were beyond as he was trying to say oh, well, you know, they had the most affiliates and so now i could pop and that wouldn't be possible. it was more than that. >> at the end of the day it was a passion. he was riliving his dream. yes, he was a very sharp businessman. his acumen was incredible. that's why he had incredible success and gained incredible wealth throughout his life and career. but at the end of the day he loved being on tv, he loved music in particular and bringing music to people and took a real interest in people like myself, like ryan seacrest who has gone on to work with him and became very close with him over the years an wanted to perpetuate what we do, and that was the other thing that was so relatable sitting at home, whether you were watching him on pyramid or new year's eve, you felt like you were hanging out with a friend and that was real. >> and his career lasted decade upon decade upon decade. >> and that's why. >> is that sort of thing possible anymore? >> well, it is if you're passionate about what you do. that's really at the end of the day why he was able to sustain such a long career. you know, in this business in particular, people burn out pretty quickly too. but if you remain passionate as in anything in life, it can guide you through and i think that's why literally until the end of his life he continued to work. >> a.j., thank you very much. i love the story about how he came in and shut the door. >> it's the first place my mind went when i heard the sad news. >> thank you very much for coming on. of course we'll have more breaking news coverage of dick clark's death, including marie osmond who, as we said, first appeared on "american bandstand" in 1974. plus these stories. still outfront, secret service sex scandal. >> i think it's time to put somebody else in there and make sure we're getting a different culture in the secret service. search for a missing soldier. >> cell phone records from this point were pinging off the cell to your. >> i'm going to find my sister. that's all i can do. >> all this tonight outfront. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? 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i would imagine the assumption is that all at least 11 of these individuals will be gone one way or another, right? >> yeah. when i first broke the story, the secret service said they are being removed for misconduct and i think at that point they knew already what the facts were. so they are gone, there's no question. the question is how did this happen, why did it happen. it's not that the secret service agents are typically animal house people, just the opposite. most of them are so overworked and are forced to do so much overtime, they barely have any life whatsoever. but i think it is a symptom of the management culture of laxness and corner cutting. i documented in my book "in the president's secret service" dozens of examples of corner cutting, such as letting people into events without magnetometer screening, just like letting people into an airplane without magnetometer screening. that alone should be so shocking that there should be a huge shakeup in the agency. then we saw the salahis go prancing into the white house. again, totally shocking. >> so let me ask you about something else. we just received a letter that darrell issa wrote to mark sullivan, the chief of the secret service. in this he's requested about ten points of information. outlining what happened that night, who did what and what mr. sullivan knows. point number eight shall has the u.s. secret service been able to determine that all women involved in this incident were at least 18 years of age? obviously if they were not, that would make this illegal for any u.s. citizen to have participated in. do you have any sense of whether any of these women were under 18? >> i know they were looking into that. i believe by now they have determined that they were over 18. >> all right. so that obviously would make -- i guess in some case marginal ebert for some of these individuals. what do you think about director sullivan himself? many people have come to his defense and said he is an honorable man doing a great job running the secret service. others are saying if this kind of a thing can happen there, it must happen elsewhere and he needs to go as part of this. what do you think should happen? >> you know, he is an honor guy. he was very respected as an agent. he is a nice guy. i had a great interview with this book but you have to look at the results, look what's happened and do you hold the head of the agency accountable or not. clearly, the standards are lower than they used to be. each of these episodes is shocking. in my book i go into the fact that they're not even insisting on regular physical fitness testing and regular firearms requalification testing and then they cover that up by asking the agents to fill out their own test scores. there's dishonesty going on. also they're not keeping up to date with the latest firearms. the fbi uses more recent, more powerful weapons. one anecdote that tells you a lot, i think, is when dick cheney's daughter, mary, was under protection, she would insist that her agents take her friends to restaurants. they refused, as they should. they're not taxi drivers. but she threw a fit and as a result the detail leader was removed by management. so that sends the message, gee, if at the white house gate we turn away this glamorous couple, the salahis who were party crashing, turns out they were on the guest list we could be in trouble and management will not back us. so that's the kind of atmosphere and the kind of culture that i'm talking about where we see corner cutting and laxness and it needs to all of these fiascos. >> all right, well thank you very much, sir. we appreciate it. of course as we continue to follow the story and fallouts. again, three of the 11 secret service employees are losing their jobs, one through retirement tonight. well, the disappearance of a marine's wife is looking more and more like murder and two people are in custody tonight. more of our breaking news coverage of dick clark's death. marie osmond and kneel sedaka will come outfront with their memories of a legend. ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. 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