Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

On April 18, 2012, Dick Clark, the TV personality and producer
best known for hosting “American Bandstand,” an influential
music-and-dance show that aired nationally from 1957 to 1989
and helped bring rock `n’ roll into the mainstream in the late
1950s, died of a heart attack at age 82 in Santa Monica, California.

The clean-cut, youthful-looking Clark, dubbed “America’s Oldest Teenager,” also was the longtime host of the annual telecast
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and headed an entertainment empire
that developed game shows, awards shows, talk shows, made-
for-TV movies and other programs.

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.’

Jay North, who starred as the young mischief maker with the characteristic blond cowlick on the 1959-63 CBS comedy
Dennis the Menace, has died.

North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after
years of battling colon cancer.

Chameleonic actor-comedian who leapt from the sketch comedy
show Saturday Night Live on NBC, for which he was a regular
cast member from 1980 to 1984 to "Beverly Hills Cop" and
"The Nutty Professor" film series.

Buckwheat

Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30,
1966.

(The Hollywood Reporter) – Richard Chamberlain died Saturday
night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke.
He was two days shy of his 91st birthday.

Shōgun is a 1980 historical drama miniseries
first broadcast on NBC over five nights
between September 15 and 19, 1980.

The Thorn Birds TV miniseries broadcast on ABC from
March 27 to 30, 1983.

Reba McEntire hits include "Whoever’s in New England”
and her cover of Bobbie Gentry’s "Fancy."

An actress in films and television. McEntire starred in the
television series Reba, which aired for six seasons. She
also owns several businesses, including a restaurant and
a clothing line.