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New York Post
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Dick Van Dyke, 99, reveals the heartbreaking ‘curse' of living to almost 100
Dick Van Dyke has experienced heartache in aging. The 99-year-old Hollywood legend spoke about how he's lost special people in his life during a recent Q&A where he reflected on Ed Asner's death in 2021 before they could make a remake of 'The Odd Couple.' 'That would've been such fun, and we lost it,' said Van Dyke, per People. 'I've lost a lot of friends.' Advertisement 8 Dick Van Dyke hosts the second 'Vandy Camp' to aid fire relief in Malibu on April 20. BACKGRID 8 Dick Van Dyke steps out in Malibu in April 2025. BACKGRID 8 Dick Van Dyke in 1960. Michael Ochs Archives Advertisement 'He's outlived everybody,' Van Dyke's wife, Arlene Silver, added at the event in Malibu, Calif. 'That's the curse of living to almost 100,' she shared. 8 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 noted that Van Dyke is 'still so positive' despite the deaths of so many of his friends and former co-stars. Advertisement When asked how he maintains a positive 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. 8 Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke at the AMD British Academy Britannia Awards in 2017. REUTERS Van Dyke revealed last month how the couple make their marriage work despite their 46-year age gap. Advertisement 'We get along so well,' he told People, as Silver added, 'We just care about each other so much.' 'Everybody said it wouldn't work,' Van Dyke recalled. 8 Dick Van Dyke on his sitcom in 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection Along with a happy marriage, Van Dyke has kept up a healthy lifestyle that he's said involves going to the gym multiple times 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.' 8 Dick Van Dyke attends the 43rd 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 said. Danson, 77, told 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.' Advertisement 8 Dick Van Dyke at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2013. WireImage While his health is fine, Van Dyke faced a scary incident earlier this year when his home was threatened by the deadly Palisades Fire. He and Silver did not evacuate their $8 million house despite the blaze destroying other celebrity mansions in Malibu and adjacent areas. When the fires hit the couple's neighborhood, Van Dyke tried to crawl to the car to escape. Luckily, his neighbors came to his aid at the time.
New York Post
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Dick Van Dyke, 99, and wife Arlene Silver make rare comment on 46-year age gap — and what's ‘eerie' about it
Dick Van Dyke's marriage to wife Arlene Silver is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The actor, 99, recently shed light onto how he makes his union with the 53-year-old work, despite their 46-year age gap. 'We get along so well,' Van Dyke told People on Sunday, as Silver chimed in: 'We just care about each other so much.' 6 Dick Van Dyke and wife Arlene. REUTERS 'Everybody said it wouldn't work,' the 'Mary Poppins' actor said of their 13-year marriage. 'Yeah,' the actress agreed. 'I mean it's like eerie how well it works. People the same age don't last.' 'I never said hello to a strange girl in my life. I was too scared,' Van Dyke told the outlet about how the couple met. 'But I was at a show backstage and she walked by, and for some reason, I just jumped up and said, 'Hi, I'm Dick.' There's something about her and got me, and I was right.' 6 Dick Van Dyke and wife Arlene Silver arrive at the premiere of Disney's 'Mary Poppins Returns' at the El Capitan Theatre on November 29, 2018. WireImage Silver gushed that her other half has 'made me feel like I can do anything' before Van Dyke sweetly added, 'And you can.' As Silver put it, they are 'very supportive of each other.' The pair also detailed their perfect date night together. 6 Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke at the CBS Original Special 'Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.' CBS via Getty Images 'We just love being home. We love Malibu, and it's our favorite place, our house especially. So this is like our, you're at our house,' Silver expressed. 'We're so grateful. Our house did get hit by the Franklin fire, but in the scheme of things, we got very lucky.' Along with being together for over a decade, Van Dyke has another milestone coming around the corner: his next birthday. 'And I'm seven months from a hundred,' he shared. 6 Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver. Van Dyke was previously married to Margerie Willett, who died in 2008, from 1948 to 1976. The exes shared four children together: Christian, Barry, Stacy and Carrie Beth. During his marriage to Willett, Van Dyke began an affair with Michelle Triola, whom he was with for 35 years until her death in 2009. The Emmy winner and Silver met during the 13th annual SAG Awards in 2007, two years prior to the death of his longtime partner. 6 Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke attend the 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on May 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Getty Images 'I remember seeing Dick at the catering table with his bow tie and his big smile. Right when I sat down, he was sitting next to me. He said, 'Hi, I'm Dick.' The first thing I asked him was, 'Weren't you in 'Mary Poppins?'' I wasn't sure,' Silver recalled to the Huffington Post in 2013. 'I knew who he was but I wasn't sure why I knew who he was. I was not familiar with all his work. He has so much work I can't believe I missed it.' Marvin's passing was a turning point in Van Dyke's friendship with the makeup artist, and the two struck up a romance. 'Arlene would come by after work and bring me food. She was such a support, I fell in love,' he told People in 2013. 6 Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. WireImage The couple tied the knot in February 2012 on Leap Day in an intimate Malibu ceremony. Van Dyke was 86 and Silver was 40 at the time. In February 2022, the actor credited Silver for keeping him young at heart. 'Having a beautiful young wife half my age to take care of me — that works!' he told Yahoo! Entertainment at the time. 'My positive attitude, I get that from my wife.'
