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Dick Van Dyke is 97 years aged and he’s inactive surviving his beingness to the fullest. The iconic histrion and comedian shared an Instagram video connected Monday, August 21 to amusement his archetypal clip playing the ukulele. Dick learned however to enactment the instrumentality portion sitting successful a seat adjacent to his person who played with his ain ukulele. The Mary Poppins star asked an instructor, “Where’s the F?”, arsenic helium pressed the keys during the euphony session. In his caption, Dick wrote, “My archetypal ukulele acquisition with @getstartedplayingukulele. @bijoubox’s third. It’s ne'er excessively precocious to commencement thing new.”
Dick is inactive truthful adventurous successful his beingness and he’s conscionable 3 years shy of turning 100. He appeared connected The Masked Singer earlier this twelvemonth and was revealed to beryllium the Gnome during the play 9 premiere successful February. After Dick was unmasked, justice Nicole Scherzinger cried and gushed to Dick that “the full satellite loves you truthful much.” The father-of-four did an interrogation with Yahoo Music aft his elimination from the amusement and helium spoke about what keeps him successful upbeat spirits astatine his age.
“Having a beauteous young woman fractional my property to instrumentality attraction of maine — that works!” helium joked astir his 51-year-old woman Arlene Silver. “My affirmative attitude, I get that from my wife.” Dick besides revealed that helium inactive enactment retired astatine the gym 3 days a week to enactment healthy. “I counsel everybody to bash that, due to the fact that that’s what ages radical — it’s conscionable a stiffening up and not exercising their muscles and their lungs,” helium said. “Exercise is the answer.”
Dick Van Dyke (Photo: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock)
Dick cherishes each portion of his life, including his loving household that includes his woman Arlene, his four big children, and his grandchildren. On Father’s Day earlier this summer, Dick shared a comic video of his household trying to instrumentality a photograph together, and helium gushed implicit his loved ones successful the caption.
“I ne'er realized erstwhile I was archetypal having kids what I was starting,” Dick said. “But, I’m amazed and grateful to person lived agelong capable to walk Father’s Day with immoderate of my kids, grandchildren AND large grandchildren!! All wonderful, non-toxic people!!” He besides called his wife his “greatest gift” and said he’s “a precise fortunate boy.”
