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The fall could easily have been a tragic final chapter: an 87-year-old icon, already recovering from a heart attack and two stent procedures, suddenly on the floor with a broken neck. Yet doctors found no paralysis, no catastrophic damage\u2014just strict orders for a brace, rest, and time. Stevens, ever the showman, returned home determined to heal, his team insisting he remains mobile and upbeat.<\/p>\n

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Instead of canceling his moment, he chose to walk through it. Favorites Old & New, his 13-track collection of classics and fresh songs, will still arrive on Friday, turning a health scare into an unlikely backdrop for one more act. For fans who grew up on Everything Is Beautiful and his offbeat novelty hits, the album now feels less like a release and more like a defiant message: he\u2019s bruised, but not finished yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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