DICK Cavett, 89, has made his first public appearance in quite a while.
Spotted for the first time in over six years, the veteran talk show host was seen using a walker outside of Stephen Colbert’s finale afterparty.
Dick, who suffered a stroke in 2020, was seen at the event with his wife Martha Rogers, 71.
The couple were seen speaking to one another, with Dick rocking a smart black suit and Martha donning an emerald green ensemble.
They were attending Stephen’s bash in New York.
The bash was to bid farewell to Stephen’s beloved late night show after 11 seasons on air.
The celebratory afterparty saw the likes of Katie Couric, John Oliver, Anderson Cooper, Paul McCartney and Mark Hamill stepping out, as well as Dick of course.
Dick hadn’t been seen in public since before his stroke in February 2020 when he attended the screening of his documentary Ali & Cavett: The Tales of the Tapes.
The month prior, he had appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Dick recently spoke about his health and stroke recovery.
In a 2025 interview with Nebraska Free Press, Dick said: “I don’t feel permanently dramatically scarred or wounded by it.
“A lot of people cannot say that. A stroke is a wicked, wicked thing.”
He added that “everything had come back” to him during his recovery.
His chat show The Dick Cavett Show ran from 1968 until 1986.
During his talk show host career, Dick interviewed a number of prominent celebrities.
He famously interviewed the likes of Groucho Marx, Jimi Hendrix, Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Jackie Rob
Dick was often dubbed as “the thinking man’s talk show host”.
He also went head-to-head with Johnny Carson by bypassing standard promotional banter in favour of raw and complex cultural discussions.
