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    Djck Clark bites the bullet...

    Good guy and I watched him as a kid...

    But they come in threes so who's next?...

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    HAPPY ... (thud)

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    Amarillo Slim ....

    But who will be the third?

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    Levon Helm is also on his last legs, poor bastard.

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    Levon Helm, from his Facebook page


    Dear Friends,
    Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. ...

    Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage...

    We appreciate all the love and support and concern.
    From his daughter Amy, and wife Sandy

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    Castro is still running only because he's plugged in. (Ozzie luvs him tho).

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    Dick Clark's final years were a victim of his own success.

    For 5 decades, he was known as "the eternal teenager" -- a guy whose youthful appearance and upbeat attitude defied his chronological age.

    He started doing "New Year's Rockin' Eve" in 1972-73, and I remember thinking the whole Times Square New Year's scene was so cool when I first saw the ball drop on TV, as a 5-year-old in 1977. I also really liked his Bloopers show in the mid-80s (though I found it to be on the repetitive and stupid side once I became an adult).

    He did a good job hosting it for 32 years, all the way through 2003-04.

    In December 2004, he had his stroke. That completely changed his appearance and ability to perform. He went from the eternal teenager to the old man deeply affected by a stroke. He struggled to speak. It was pretty sad to watch.

    And there was no reason I had to watch it. Dick Clark could have retired from appearing on television at that point, and everyone would have remembered him as the eternal teenager. Even President Reagan kept himself out of public view when Alzheimers was having a major effect on him. His wife Nancy knew that hiding him from the public to preserve people's fond memories was important.

    Unfortunately, Dick Clark was so used to being the boss that nobody could tell him what to do. He had amassed a large fortune over the years and owned the production company that produced Rockin' Eve. Nobody had the guts to tell him to stay out of the spotlight and let Ryan Seacrest take over.

    He appeared on 7 more broadcasts post-stroke, and unfortunately that's the way many people -- especially the younger ones -- will remember him.

    Too bad Dick Clark didn't have the sense (or the strong wife) that Ronald Reagan did regarding his final years.

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    He bit the dust. Only living people can bite the bullet.

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    RIP Levon Helm

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