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Dick Van Dyke Credits Wife Arlene Silver With Keeping Him Young in New Memoir Excerpt

The 99-year-old shares the reflection ahead of his 100th birthday on Dec. 13.

Overview

  • An excerpt from 100 Rules for Living to 100 highlights Van Dyke’s claim that Silver, 54, keeps him active, hopeful and needed.
  • He writes that his wife is “half my age” and makes him feel “two-thirds to three-quarters” his age.
  • Van Dyke credits their “ongoing romance” as the key reason he has not withdrawn into isolation or grouchiness.
  • Silver manages his calendar and performances so he can keep singing, dancing and socializing, including occasional sets with The Vantastix.
  • The couple met at the 2006 SAG Awards when she was a makeup artist and married in 2012, and he also reflects on mortality in a recent Coldplay video as he approaches 100.