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Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Dick Van Dyke, wife Arlene Silver proud of their relationship despite 46-year age gap
Actor Dick Van Dyke , who will turn 100 in December this year, has revealed that when he tied the knot to Arlene Silver , 53, almost "everybody" told him that this marriage "wouldn't work". However, the couple have proven naysayers wrong, despite the 46-year age gap between them. The couple celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary earlier this year and have claimed that they continue to "get along so well," People magazine reported. Dick Van Dyke talks about age gap The Dick Van Dyke Show star and Silver talked about their love story with the news outlet during their second Vandy Camp event in Malibu on April 20. This was held to raise money for wildlife relief efforts. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Historic Figures Who Were Actually Photographed Gloriousa Undo Claiming that their marriage was going on smoothly, Van Dyke said, 'We get along so well'. Silver added that the two of them just like to care about each other "so much". The 99-year-old actor stated that when the two of them got married, several people did not believe that their relationship would work out because of the huge age gap between them. Live Events Van Dyke said everybody used to tell them that it "wouldn't work'. To this, his partner added that it was like "eerie how well it works." She stated that people, who are of the same age, "don't last.' Also Read : Tiger King finds his king: Joe Exotic marries fellow inmate Jorge Flores, continues to serve 21-year prison sentence How did Van Dyke and Silver meet each other? Van Dyke and Silver first met each other during the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in 2006. At that time, Silver used to work as a make-up artist. Prior to this, Van Dyke was romantically linked to Michelle Triola for more than three decades. She later died after a long battle with lung cancer. Thereafter, he started dating Silver in 2009. He is also believed to have hired her for several other projects. Sharing insights about their first meeting ever, Van Dyke said that he used to feel scared and never said hello to a stranger girl in his entire life. But when he saw Silver for the first time, he instantly started liking her. He said that he was backstage at an event when he first saw Silver walk by and "for some reason, I just jumped up and said, 'Hi, I'm Dick'." According to him, there was something about her that caught his attention, adding that he was completely "right" about it. Silver shared that Van Dyke has always made her feel like she can do anything in her life. She stated that the two of them are 'very supportive of each other'. During a 2013 interview, Silver said that she initially did not know who Van Dyke was when they met each other. She stated that she knew him, but couldn't recall how she recognised him. Also Read : CPP payments up to CAD $1,433 to be disbursed in Canada; check if you are eligible FAQs 1. When did Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver get married? They tied the knot in February 2012 after knowing each other for nearly six years. 2. Who was Dick Van Dyke's first wife? Van Dyke first got married to Margie Willett in February 1948 on the Bride and Groom radio show. They had four children together, while he earlier called her late ex-wife as "earthy and artistic".
News.com.au
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Dick Van Dyke, 99, makes rare comment on 46-year age gap with wife Arlene Silver
Dick Van Dyke is proving age is just a number as he shuts down critics of the 46-year age gap with his wife, Arlene Silver. 'We get along so well,' the Mary Poppins star, 99, told People on Sunday at the couple's Vandy Camp fundraiser in Malibu, California. 'Everybody said it wouldn't work.' Silver, 53, added, 'We just care about each other so much,' explaining that it's 'eerie how well [the marriage] works.' 'People the same age don't last,' Silver joked, reports Page Six. The Disney icon sweetly recalled first meeting the makeup artist during the SAG Awards in 2006. 'I never said hello to a strange girl in my life,' he confessed. 'I was too scared. 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 [that] got me, and I was right.' After their initial meeting, Van Dyke hired Silver as a makeup artist for subsequent projects, but they didn't start dating until years later. The couple also agreed that they empower one another, with Silver sharing that Van Dyke 'made me feel like I can do anything.' 'And you can,' Van Dyke replied. The pair tied the knot in 2012 when the comedian was 86 and Silver was 40. Van Dyke, who narrowly escaped the expansive fires in Los Angeles in January, once said he didn't even realise Silver was decades younger when he first approach her. 'I had no idea she was half my age,' he told Entertainment Tonight in 2024. 'Beautiful.' 'I was fortunate that I didn't grow up,' he added in part. 'We were meant to be.' The Dick Van Dyke Show star was previously married to Margie Willett from 1948 to 1984. The former couple share four grown children: Christian, 74, Barry, 73, Stacy, 69, and Carrie Beth, 63. He also had a long-term relationship with Michelle Triola Marvin, living with the actress from 1976 until her death in 2009.
USA Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Dick Van Dyke on 46-year age gap with wife Arlene Silver: 'Eerie how well it works'
Dick Van Dyke on 46-year age gap with wife Arlene Silver: 'Eerie how well it works' After 13 years of marriage, Dick Van Dyke and wife Arlene Silver, find that they still "get along so well." The 99-year-old "Dick Van Dyke Show" actor, who turns 100 in December, and 53-year-old singer Silver gushed about their love and why their age gap works in an interview with People magazine. "Everybody said it wouldn't work," the "Mary Poppins" actor told the outlet on April 20 at their second Vandy Camp event in Malibu, which raised money for wildfire relief efforts. "Yeah, I mean, it's like eerie how well it works. People the same age don't last," Silver told People. "We just care about each other so much." Van Dyke and Silver reportedly met at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was working as a makeup artist, and the two started a romantic relationship in 2009 after his partner of more than 30 years, Michelle Triola, died following a battle with lung cancer. "I never said hello to a strange girl in my life. I was too scared," Van Dyke said of their first meeting. "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.'" "He's made me feel like I can do anything," Silver said. Van Dyke responded, "And you can." Silver previously revealed in a 2013 interview with People that she didn't immediately know who her future husband was when they met. "I knew him; I just didn't know how I knew him," she said. "I like that I knew him as a man before I knew him as a performer." Van Dyke recalled that after Triola's death, "Arlene would come by after work and bring me food." He added, "She was such a support, I fell in love." Dick Van Dyke gets brutally honest: He 'fortunately' won't be around for Trump's second presidency In a 2023 interview, Van Dyke revealed some of his secrets to longevity in an interview with Yahoo! and joked that Silver's youth was an important factor. "Genes, I guess, for one thing. Having a beautiful young wife half my age to take care of me — that works! My positive attitude, I get that from my wife," he said. "I still go to the gym three days a week and work out. And I advise everybody to do that, because that's what ages people — it's just a stiffening up and not exercising their muscles and their lungs. Exercise is the answer." Contributing: Charles Trepany, USA TODAY
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dick Van Dyke, 99, makes rare remark on his and wife Arlene's 46-year age gap
Beloved actor, singer and dancer, Dick Van Dyke, shared some rare insight into his relationship with wife Arlene Silver. While reflecting on their 13-year marriage, the Hollywood legend, 99, gushed to People that he and his spouse, 53, 'get along so well.' 'Everybody said it wouldn't work,' Van Dyke recalled, before Silver chimed in to say. 'Yeah, I mean it's like eerie how well it works. People the same age don't last.' She also raved that they 'just care about each other so much' and are 'very supportive of each other.' 'He's made me feel like I can do anything,' she said. Van Dyke noted that they both 'just love being home' and described Malibu as their 'favorite place.' 'We're so grateful. Our house did get hit by the Franklin fire, but in the scheme of things, we got very lucky,' he said at Dick & Arlene Van Dyke Present Vandy Camp. On Sunday, the couple hosted the second 'Vandy Camp' to aid fire relief in Malibu. During the fundraiser, Van Dyke took to the stage in front of a sold out crowd with his wife Arlene and his a cappella band, The Vantastix. The group sang songs, answered audience questions and shared memories of the 99-year-old's life and career. Ticket proceeds benefitted the Community Brigade and CA Wildlife relief - as efforts to rebuild continue after the devastating fires in Los Angeles earlier this year. For the occasion, he sported a 'Spoonful of Sugar' sweater and opened the show singing about senility and joking about how he struggled to remember things. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight last year, Van Dyke recalled his first encounter with Silver. 'I never approached a strange woman in my life,' the legendary Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star said. 'And she walked by and I jumped and I said, "Hi, I'm Dick." I had no idea she was half my age. Beautiful.' The Dick Van Dyke show actor said he later found out Arlene was a makeup artist. 'She had one [business] card left, which I took and hired her,' he added. 'I had never seen the Dick Van Dyke Show, I never saw anything he was in,' Silver said while speaking about meeting her husband for the first time. But they didn't start dating right away. They developed a friendship and by the time things turned romantic between them, their big age difference didn't matter to them or to any of Arlene's friends. 'We were friends for so long that when I told people that I know, they were happy about [our relationship], and I was scared,' Silver admitted. Meanwhile, Silver previously told The Huffington Post that she remembers seeing Van Dyke for the first time '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?"' During his career, that spans more than seven decades, Van Dyke earned five Emmys, a Tony, a Grammy, a BAFTA, the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, and induction into the Television Hall Of Fame, which was due in large part to his role as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), as well as The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974) and The Carol Burnett Show (1977). The actor's most recent project is a role in the upcoming film, Capture The Flag, which is currently in pre-production. Van Dyke and Silver will celebrate 10 years of marriage next February. He has four children: sons Barry and Christian and daughters Stacy and Carrie that were born during his first marriage to Margie Willett, which lasted from 1948 until their divorce in 1984. The proud family man now also has five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The acting icon will turn 100 in December.
