Mr. Christie also counts friends in Hollywood, including film producer Peter Guber and the chief executive of Dick Clark Productions, Allen Shapiro.
Dick Clark Productions is being discussed as a production partner following their September acquisition by another affiliate of Guggenheim Partners who own the Dodgers.
She also said that her fondest memory of Dick Clark was when he gave her his first desk after he moved to the west coast for 'American Bandstand.
"One of the real draws when we purchased Dick Clark Productions was the opportunity to build on the tremendous foundation of programming that this icon of American broadcasting created, " Snyder said.
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Moreover, a number of the year's deaths caused us to catch our breath, including the tragic passings of such notables as Whitney Houston, Levon Helm and Dick Clark.
"The first comment I heard him make about Dick Clark was, 'You know, we were one of the first black acts, if not the first, on his show in Philadelphia before he went national, " she said.
The library said Checker's rendition of "The Twist" became a symbol for the energy and excitement of the early 60s after "American Bandstand" host Dick Clark chose Checker to record a new version of the song.
Watching Dick Clark on TV is how most revelers in the U.S. spend New Year's Eve, which is why Hollywood is intrigued that on Dec. 31, 250, 000 people gathered in hundreds of theaters and churches to take in an alternative, the movie Left Behind II: Tribulation Force.
The project -- which lists among its primary objectives the elimination of nuclear weapons, the elimination of nuclear weapons testing, and the creation of a new "architecture" for global security -- features among its advisors such "national security experts" as former DemocraticSenator Dick Clark, former Democratic Representative Mel Levine and former liberal RepublicanCharles Mathias.
Seven directors attended the meeting including the club's four owners - Allen, John Nixon, Steven Pattison and Andrew Jenkins - along with Lord Clark of Windermere, Dick Young and Norman Steel.
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