Dick Clark (entertainer)

Richard Wagstaff Clark (born November 30 1929), more commonly known as Dick Clark, is an American television entertainer. In addition to his television work, he is known for his continued youthful appearance ("America's Oldest Teenager") and has been in good health, but suffered a stroke—his first—on December 8 2004 at the age of 75.

Longevity

Clark's continuous youthful appearance has drawn attention for a long time to the point of becoming a subject of jokes in other forms of comedy entertainment, though his recent health problems have likely hindered this trend. For instance, he's featured in the well-known comic strip The Far Side (where he suddenly ages 200 years on a talk show) and the less-known computer game Superhero League of Hoboken (where he's discovered living in a 23rd century wasteland looking exactly the same). In The X-Files, during the sixth season episode "Tithonus", when a man is discovered to have not aged for over thirty years, an agent remarks, "This guy's a regular Dick Clark!"

Related Topics:
The Far Side - Computer game - Superhero League of Hoboken - The X-Files

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