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the world. he integrated a corner of the media watched by the entire nation while a third of that nation was still segregated. he turned a beat that kids could dance to into the motivating force of a business empire and made singers into stars. the legendary aretha franklin and richard -- and little richard will join us in a few minutes. but here a look back at his career by koreen wynter. >> reporter: he was known as the world's oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as "american bandstand" in philadelphia in 1956. the show b...

he made singers into stars. the legendary aretha frank lili will join us. >> reporter: he was known as the world's oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as "american bandstand" in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. ♪ ♪ come on baby, let's do the twist ♪ >> reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and g...

What dick clark was wearing how bad new york was suffering as we sat in mississippi and wanted dick clark with the enormous abc thing and you could find out about what new yorkers in times square were dealing with and now the old videos from american we bandstand, that is 70's if there ever was, on hadn't still has those pants. >>jonathan: last year on new year's eve watching ryan seacrest with dick clark, a much younger guy and you could tell how honor he was just to be there with a legend like dick clark and that is the way he was held by most people what have been in tv or watched tv. he wa...

And we are on schedule friday morning in sanford, 9:00 a.m., george zimmerman charged with second-degree murder will have his bond hearing. >>shepard: live from south florida. breaking news and we learned and confirmed that the legendary tv host dick clark has died at the age of 82. he is an absolute hero of the industry. he hosted "american bandstand," from 1956 to 1989. the show moved from philadelphia to the abc network way back in 1957 and became an after school staple for a generation of teenagers. he introduced a number of recording artists first tv appearans the dick clark was the first...

the longtime host of "american bandstand" and one of the founding icons of rock 'n' roll. also, a cnn exclusive. wolf interviews the secretary of state and defense. hillary clinton sends a tough new message directly at north korea's young leader and we'll very hear blunt talk on syria, iran and afghanistan. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are following the breaking news this hour, the death of the longtime television personality dick clark. for decades he was the host of the iconic music s...