Celebrities React to Dick Clark's Death on Twitter

After news of Dick Clark's death hit yesterday, celebrities took to Twitter to react.

-Lucia Peters, BettyConfidential.com


Dick Clark
Dick Clark

When news of Dick Clark's passing at the age of 82 hit yesterday, it hit hard. Known affectionately as "the World's Oldest Teenager," the entertainment legend suffered a massive heart attack following an outpatient procedure at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica.From American Bandstand to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, there can be no denying the impact he had on the music industry in particular, as well as the entertainment industry at large; even though he had been in poor health since his stroke in 2004, it never stopped him from continuing to host his New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square every year (even if it meant having to enlist the help of Ryan Seacrest to do it).

Dick Clark 1957
Dick Clark 1957

Dick Clark in 1957.

As celebrities took to the Twittersphere yesterday to express their love of the man and their grief at his passing, they honored his genius, his passion, and most of all, his kindness. Some of the reactions are profound, some of them are funny-but what they all have in common is a sense of how much Dick Clark touched the lives of their writers, whether they knew him in person or just grew up watching him on TV.

Dick Clark, we salute you. You will be greatly missed.

Ryan Seacrest, Dick's New Year's co-host, was one of the first to release a somber, heartfelt tribute:

Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Katie Couric
Katie Couric
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
NPH
NPH
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Dick was always willing to take a chance on an unknown quantity-something which Joe Mantegna has never forgotten:

Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna
Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Danny Bonaduce's tribute might just be my favorite of the bunch; it's both funny and poignant, a wonderful remembrance of a terrific man:

Danny Bonaduce
Danny Bonaduce
Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Montel Williams
Montel Williams

I think Dick would have appreciated the ridiculousness of Patton Oswalt's Highlander quip:

Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
William Shatner
William Shatner
Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Tracie Thoms
Tracie Thoms

And I think Seth Green's words are the perfect ones to end on:

Seth Green
Seth Green



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