Dick Clark

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

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.

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)

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• November 30, 1929: Born

• 1957: Became full time host of American Bandstand

• 1972: New Year's Rockin Eve

• 1973: Host of The $10,000 Pyramid

• 1973: Created and Produced the first annual American Music Awards show

• 1984: Host and Producer of TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

• 1993: inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• 2004: suffered a mild stroke

• 2006: opened Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater