At 98 years of age, Dick Van Dyke is one of the oldest Hollywood stars alive today. When it comes to how he has lived this long, he admits that he “can’t figure it out.” However, Van Dyke does believe that there’s one key to longevity that others can learn a lot from.
Van Dyke Reveals Key To Aging
“Attitude about life I think has a lot to do with it,” Van Dyke told Entertainment Tonight. “I’ve always looked at the good side, I guess, and expected good things to happen.”
That being said, when it comes to his own longevity, Van Dyke isn’t quite sure how he did it.
“I’ve often tried to think what did I do to live this long?” he admitted. “And I can’t figure out. The only thing is I’ve always exercised. We still go to the gym three days a week and work out. And I believe that’s the secret.”
“Most people at 98 years old don’t really feel like working out and they seize up, you know?” he continued. “You get stiff and I’m still, you know, move pretty well. And I think that must be the secret because I don’t really watch my diet or anything. Stayed skinny. That helps.”
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Van Dyke’s Love For His Wife
Van Dyke gave this interview alongside his wife Arlene Silver, a makeup artist who is 46 years his junior. He’s previously attributed his longevity to “having a beautiful young wife half my age to take care of me.”
Van Dyke and Silver met backstage at the 2006 SAG Awards. Silver was working the event, and Van Dyke was entranced by her as soon as he saw her.
“I never approached a strange woman in my life,” Van Dyke recalled. “And she walked by and I jumped and I said, ‘Hi, I’m Dick.’ I had no idea she was half my age. Beautiful.”
“She had one [business] card left, which I took and hired her,” he added.
They were friends for years before things turned romantic.
“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 confessed. “I mean, the facts, our age difference. But it’s so irrelevant. I think when you see us together, it’s like you don’t think about it.”
“I was fortunate that I didn’t grow up,” Van Dyke chimed back in to say with a laugh. “We were meant to be.”
Watch Van Dyke and Silver perform a duet together in the video below.
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Van Dyke And Silver Marry
Silver moved in with Van Dyke in 2011, and they married in February of 2012. Twelve years later, and they’re still happier than ever!
“I’ve never met anyone like him,” Silver gushed. “He’s always happy and just positive. Always singing, and I would never sing in public. He got me to sing. He got me to sing up on a stage and sang in front of 1,500 people for the first time. He’s just the most joyful person. He influences everybody else to be more joyful, playful.”
Van Dyke is set to celebrate his 99th birthday in December of this year. God bless him for continuing to show the world that age really is just a number!
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