Dick Van Dyke sparks health concerns after…
Even legends need a sick day.
Dick Van Dyke, 99, had to skip a comedy occasion this weekend after coming down with an unspecified sickness.
The “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star was scheduled to host his musical fundraising occasion, Vandy Camp, on Saturday, June 28, but canceled his look at the final minute, according to People.
Dick Van Dyke had to skip a comedy occasion this weekend after coming down with an unspecified sickness. BACKGRID
His spouse, Arlene Silver, introduced the information at the Arlene & Dick Van Dyke Theater at Malibu High School.
She defined that Van Dyke was not having a “good day.”
“I have to inform you that Dick is not up to coming to celebrate with us today. I’m sorry,” Silver, 53, informed the viewers after introducing herself as “not the Van Dyke you’re expecting.”
“When you’re 99 and a half years old, you have good days and bad days, and unfortunately, today is not a good day for him, and he’s sick that he can’t be here,” she added.
Van Dyke ended up attening the show via livestream, and Silver stated that she was “pretty confident” he can be at the next Vandy Camp occasion “in person.”
His spouse, Arlene Silver, introduced the information at the Arlene & Dick Van Dyke Theater at Malibu High School on Saturday. BACKGRID
Elsewhere during the occasion, Silver emphasised her husband’s ardour for the musical fundraiser and defined that Vandy Camp is more than “just Dick Van Dyke.”
“It is a celebration of your childhood, all of our childhoods, the music that’s in the fabric of all of us,” she stated. “Dick Van Dyke is a big part of that.”
Silver also gushed about Van Dyke and their musical group, the a cappella quartet the Vantastix, for offering her with “so much confidence to be able to stand up here right now.”
“When you’re 99 and a half years old, you have good days and bad days, and unfortunately, today is not a good day for him,” Silver stated. BACKGRID
“I would never be able to do this maybe, like, a year ago, but I’ve had so many experiences pushing myself out of my comfort zone, and right now I’m out of my comfort zone,” she stated.
“But I have to wear my big girl pants and hold the reins without Dick here as the safety net that he’s always here with me,” Silver added.
Van Dyke and Silver, a make-up artist, first met at the SAG Awards in 2006 and married in 2012. They mentioned their shocking 46-year age hole back in April.
Van Dyke ended up attening the show via livestream. Courtesy Everett Collection
The “Dick Van Dyke Show” legend has insisted that he has no plans of slowing down even despite turning 100 later this yr.
“I’m a ham. I love it. I get a jolt of energy from an audience,” he stated during one other Vandy Camp occasion in April.
But dwelling so long also has its downsides.
Van Dyke has insisted that he has no plans of slowing down even despite turning 100 later this yr. CBS via Getty Images
“I’ve lost a lot of friends,” Van Dyke lamented earlier this yr while discussing the 2021 death of his late good friend Ed Asner.
“He’s outlived everybody,” Silver added at the time. “That’s the curse of living to almost 100.”
Still, the leisure legend isn’t complaining.
“Well, life’s been good to me,” Van Dyke acknowledged. “I can’t complain.”
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