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Dick Clark's Diabetes Disclosure Leads To Becoming Spokesman for AADE, American Association of Diabetes Educators

Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2004

Clark, 74, was planning to reveal his mysterious "health issue" next Tuesday according to a press release sent to media outlets, but was outed a week early by a New York Daily News gossip columnist.

Now that Clark's gone public with his ailment, he will act as spokesman for the American Association of Diabetes Educators and the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., according to Ogilvy public relations.

Renowned as America's "oldest teenager," Clark will use his celebrity to help launch a national public education campaign. "Diabetes: Know the Heart Part" will inform Americans about the links between diabetes and heart attack and stroke. The New Year's Rockin' Eve host did not comment on his illness.

Source: Diabetes In Control.com.