Clark, Seacrest will rock in new year

0 Comments | USA TODAY, December, 2006 | by Ann Oldenburg

Dick Clark will be back, live, when the ball drops in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve Sunday night. Clark, 77, made his first appearance since a stroke in December 2004 at last year's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. Ever since, he has been battling back with daily therapy sessions.

Last month, he said in an Associated Press interview that he remembered being surprised on the morning of Dec. 6, 2004. "I woke up in the morning and my right side didn't work. I thought a dog had slept on my side," said Clark, whose wife then drove him to the hospital. "Your life changes overnight," he told the AP. "I am happy that I'm alive, that I'm reasonably well," he said. "I'm sad that I'm impaired with my walking and my speech is impaired. But I'm happy." He did not...