Las Vegas Weekly

April 18, 2012 · 3:06 PM

Photos: Fremont Street Experience pays tribute to Dick Clark

By Andrea Domanick

A tribute to TV legend Dick Clark at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Clark passed away today at age 82.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/DonoghuePhotography.com

Updated at 11:04 p.m.

By Andrea Domanick

Following today’s news of the passing of legendary TV producer Dick Clark, Fremont Street Experience has announced that it will host a tribute in his memory tonight.

The event will include a pictorial retrospective of the “American Bandstand” host’s life and career broadcast on the Viva Vision canopy screen. The retrospective will include photos and possibly filmed footage of Clark played in tandem with the “American Bandstand” theme song.

Fremont Street Experience has hosted similar tribute retrospectives in the past honoring the memory of icons including Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Tony Curtis.

Photo: Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press

Singer Enrique Iglesias, right, and producer Dick Clark look at the show rundown during rehearsals for the American Music Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 14, 2000. Iglesias performed "Rhythm Divine" during the awards.

Tonight’s event will be held from 8 to 11 by the Viva Vision screen.

Updated at 11:04 p.m.: Contributing photographer Tom Donoghue shot a photo gallery of the tribute tonight and reported that hundreds gathered at FSE and applauded thunderously after "Auld Lang Syne" was played for Clark.

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