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Rock and roll lost its most ageless ambassador today in 2012 when Dick Clark died at 82 from a heart attack, ending the career of the 'American Bandstand' host whose eternally youthful appearance and acceptance of Black artists made him television's most important music promoter for five decades…   Southern rock mourned its last original Allman Brother on this day in 2024 when Dickey Betts died at 80 at his Florida home, ending the career of the guitarist whose "Ramblin' Man" and dual-guitar harmonies with Duane Allman defined the genre before health problems silenced his Les Paul…   We remember rock production's golden-eared architect Paul A. Rothchild on his birthday today in 1935, the producer whose work on the Doors' 'L.A. Woman' and Janis Joplin's 'Pearl' captured the 1960s' most dangerous voices before his death in 1995…   We honor Texas blues' most versatile master Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown on h...