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• Dick Clark is a producer and television personality known for hosting American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin Eve.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: November 30, 1929
  2. Years active in entertainment: 1945- Present
  3. Alma Mater: Syracuse University
  4. Host of American Bandstand from 1957-1989
  5. Host of The $10,000 Pyramid game show from 1973-1988
  6. Host and producer of New Year's Rockin Eve from 1971-2004, and co-hosts currently with Ryan Seacrest
  7. Producer of the American Music Awards
  8. 2004: Suffered a stroke
  9. Nickname: "America's Oldest Living Teenager"
  10. Awards: Four Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Achievement Award and a star on the Walk of Fame

• Stroke

  In 2003, Clark was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. On December 8, 2004, he was hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering what was initially termed a minor stroke. However, on December 13, it was announced that Clark would be unable to host the annual New Year's Rockin Eve broadcast. Clark has since recovered from the stroke and continues to host the popular New Years eve broadcast.

• New Year's Rockin Eve

  The special airs annually on New Year's Eve, in Times Square, N.Y., with entertainment and reports on East and West coast festivities during the hours leading up to the countdown for the New Year's ball drop. The show was created as a younger livelier version of Guy Lombardo's New Years Eve celebration, that aired from 1956-1976.Post-Gazette: ...Without Guy Lombardo (December 26, 2001)

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  American Bandstand | American Music Awards | Regis Philbin | David Hirsch | Ryan Seacrest | American Idol | Bob Barker | Carson Daly | New Year's Rockin Eve

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