Talk show icon Dick Cavett was seen for the first time in public since 2020 as he supported The Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Thursday. Cavett, 89, attended Colbert's final show afterparty in New York City and had a walking frame. He had a stroke in 2020.
Talk show icon Dick Cavett was seen for the first time in public since 2020 as he supported departing The Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Thursday.
He leaned on a walking frame and attended Colbert's final show afterparty in New York City alongside wife Martha Rogers. Dick Cavett's last public appearance was at a February 2020 screening of his documentary Ali & Cavett. He revealed in a 2025 interview with Nebraska Free Press that he was doing well after his stroke and emphasized that 'A lot of people cannot say that. A stroke is a wicked, wicked thing.
' He also mentioned that 'everything had come back' to him during his recovery. The Dick Cavett Show ran from 1968-1986 and during his lengthy career, the talk show host interviewed prominent celebrities like Groucho Marx, Jimi Hendrix, Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Jackie Robinson, John Lennon, and many others. In 2024, he starred in a music video for a song called Dick Cavett, written by New Jersey musician Marc Ribler.
The article also mentions the celebrity guests attending Colbert's final show, including Katie Couric, and how a number of fans were disappointed by a surprise appearance by Blake Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds
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