Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Dick Clark , the music impresario and host of `` American Bandstand '' who died this week , has been cremated , his representative said Friday . `` He has been cremated , but no other plans have been finalized , '' Clark publicist Paul Shefrin told CNN . Clark , 82 , suffered a heart attack Wednesday while at St. John 's Hospital in Santa Monica , California , for an outpatient procedure , Shefrin said . Attempts to resuscitate Clark were unsuccessful , he said . As the host of the popular `` American Bandstand , '' Clark shaped American tastes in music trends , and with a fresh-scrubbed , boy-next-door persona , he introduced the world to likes of Buddy Holly and James Brown . Your memories of Dick Clark . In December 2004 , Clark suffered what was then described as `` a mild stroke , '' just months after announcing he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes . That stroke forced Clark to cut back on his on-camera work , including giving up the hosting duties for the `` Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve '' specials . He appeared briefly as a co-host with Ryan Seacrest on December 31 , 2005 . Born Richard Wagstaff Clark in Mount Vernon , New York , on November 30 , 1929 , he began his broadcast career working at a radio station managed by his father . Clark 's `` American Bandstand '' began as a local TV show in Philadelphia in 1956 . The show was picked up by ABC and broadcast nationally a year later . By 1958 , it was the show to watch , with 40 million viewers tuning in to learn about the latest in music . `` If you did n't go on 'American Bandstand , ' you had n't made it yet , '' singer Aretha Franklin told CNN 's `` AC360 . '' The savvy entrepreneur was a pioneer in introducing African-American groups and other performers to millions of young TV viewers . His audiences were among the first integrated on television . In 1960 , the Ku Klux Klan sent death threats to Clark when he brought his short-lived `` American Bandstand '' spinoff `` The Dick Clark Show '' to Atlanta . The National Guard was called in to protect the show and its integrated audience -- black and white teens . CNN 's Alan Duke , Chelsea J. Carter and Denise Quan contributed to this report .
Dick Clark 's remains have been cremated , his publicist says . Comment: