NEW : Entertainers recall `` American Bandstand '' influence . Dick Clark died of a heart attack while at a Philadelphia hospital , his publicist says . He suffered a stroke in December 2004 , reducing his on-camera work . Dick Clark started `` American Bandstand '' as a local TV show in Santa Monica in December 2004 .
NEW : Entertainers recall `` American Bandstand '' influence . Dick Clark died of a heart attack while at a Santa Monica hospital , his publicist says . He suffered a stroke in December 2004 , reducing his on-camera work . Clark started `` American Bandstand '' as a local TV show in Philadelphia in 1956 .