Dick Van Dyke, 99, reveals curse of living to…
Dick Van Dyke has skilled heartache in getting old.
The 99-year-old Hollywood legend spoke about how he’s misplaced particular people in his life during a current Q&A where he mirrored on Ed Asner’s death in 2021 before they might make a remake of “The Odd Couple.”
“That would’ve been such fun, and we lost it,” mentioned Van Dyke, per People. “I’ve lost a lot of friends.”
Dick Van Dyke hosts the second ‘Vandy Camp’ to assist fire aid in Malibu on April 20. BACKGRID
Dick Van Dyke steps out in Malibu in April 2025. BACKGRID
Dick Van Dyke in 1960. Michael Ochs Archives
“He’s outlived everybody,” Van Dyke’s spouse, Arlene Silver, added at the occasion in Malibu, Calif.
“That’s the curse of living to almost 100,” she shared.
Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke at the CBS Original Special “Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic” in 2023. CBS via Getty Images
But Silver, 53, also famous that Van Dyke is “still so positive” despite the deaths of so many of his mates and former co-stars.
When requested how he maintains a optimistic outlook on life, Van Dyke replied, “Well, life’s been good to me. I can’t complain.”
The “Mary Poppins” star has been married to Silver since 2012.
Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke at the AMD British Academy Britannia Awards in 2017. REUTERS
Van Dyke revealed final month how the couple make their marriage work despite their 46-year age hole.
“We get along so well,” he informed People, as Silver added, “We just care about each other so much.”
“Everybody said it wouldn’t work,” Van Dyke recalled.
Dick Van Dyke on his sitcom in 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection
Along with a joyful marriage, Van Dyke has stored up a healthy way of life that he’s mentioned includes going to the gymnasium a number of instances a week.
“Somebody said, ‘To what do you attribute your age and physical condition?’ I’ve always exercised three days a week,” he shared in January on Ted Danson’s podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name.”
Dick Van Dyke attends the forty third Annual Kennedy Center Honors in 2021. Getty Images
“We go to the gym still, and I think that’s why I’m not stove up like my equals,” Van Dyke mentioned.
Danson, 77, informed Van Dyke: “I would go to the same gym you did, and if I got there early enough, I would see you literally work out on some weight machine. And then, almost like you were doing circuit training, you would not walk to the next machine, you’d dance. You literally danced to the next machine.”
Dick Van Dyke at the nineteenth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2013. WireImage
While his health is ok, Van Dyke confronted a scary incident earlier this yr when his home was threatened by the lethal Palisades Fire.
He and Silver didn’t evacuate their $8 million home despite the blaze destroying different superstar mansions in Malibu and adjoining areas.
When the fires hit the couple’s neighborhood, Van Dyke tried to crawl to the car to escape. Luckily, his neighbors got here to his assist at the time.
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