multimillion dollar media mogul. dick clark, literally. tonight the stars pay tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan, paul anka, boys to men, debbie gibson and more. only in america, the legacy of dick clark, through the generations of superstars he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, you re looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind american bandstand. listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute on tonight s american idol . we are sar to announce the passing of my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s get on with the show, okay? y
it is fascinating. a week ago, no one thought that this was going to happen. talking to my staff four day ace go thinking that sunday s show should be a kind of look back at the republican race. a season finale. i said that. those were my words. we should be like can we cut boyz 2 men. newt gingrich finished with 243,000 votes or 40%. mitt romney finished with 167,000 votes. 28%. rick santorum, 100,000 votes, 17%. ron paul, 77,993. total number of votes from the first three contests. this is eye opening. these are all votes, all three states, it is close actually. mitt romney just narrowly edging out newt gingrich. i most important interesting thing to me has been the way