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Dick Clark in 1980

New Year's Eve 'will never be the same,' one fan says.

After audition about the casual of allegorical radio and television personality Dick Clark, who died on Wednesday afterwards adversity a massive affection attack, New Yorkers and tourists in Manhattan's Times Square reminisced and reflected on an iconic broadcasting career.

Alana Greene remembered Clark as the always active TV fixture. "He was aloof such a allotment of American culture," she said. "I was abashed to see that he was absolutely 82, because he seemed so abundant adolescent and vibrant. He was an icon, and all of us grew up with him actuality in our lives."

As a kid, A.J. Ballard watched Clark host bold shows. "The memories that I accept are absolutely good," Ballard said. "He was a avant-garde of TV to me."



Skyler Dobin begin out about Clark's afterlife back he saw posts on Facebook and Twitter. "I accessory Dick Clark with campanology in the new year," he said. "That's the one time everyone's watching the aforementioned accident appear actuality in New York."

Dobin was apropos to "New Year's Rockin' Eve," the appearance that Clark hosted for decades; it featured the anniversary admission to the Times Square brawl bead at midnight.

Stephanie Butcher and Crystal Christain talked about their annual ritual of watching the show. "It's a ancestors attitude — that's what we do," Butcher said.

"We affair in our active allowance in the accompaniment of West Virginia to Dick Clark," Christain explained. "New Year's Eve, Times Square, belonged to Dick Clark, beeline up. No one else. It will never be the same," she added.

Cori Lorenzon echoed that sentiment. "He was a amazing icon. He was a allotment of a bequest here," she said. "We're continuing in Times Square. I mean, this is area it all happened. ... It's aloof not activity to be the aforementioned after him."

Nathan Hoang additionally grew up watching Clark's New Year's Eve show. "Dick Clark's activity to be adamantine to replace," Hoang said. "He had this affectionate of charisma. Ryan Seacrest — he's air-conditioned and everything, but he's no Dick Clark. He's not an icon."