Bell-bottoms came and went and came back again.
But Dick Clark? He never left. With his toothpaste-ad smile and a microphone always ready, Dick Clark was a fixture in our pop culture for decades.
Maybe you hear his name and think New Year’s Eve stalwart, or American Bandstand host, or “World’s Oldest Teenager,” a nickname he picked up from TV Guide years ago, but Dick Clark was much more than any of those single images.