Dick Van Dyke Reveals His Sweet Secret to Staying Young at 99 Victoria MillerOctober 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM 0 Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images Dick Van Dyke revealed how he found the fountain of youth. On Oct.
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Victoria MillerOctober 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Dick Van Dyke revealed how he found the fountain of youth. On Oct. 5, the beloved Mary Poppins actor and his wife, Arlene Silver, answered fan questions at the Vandy High Tea, a charity event benefitting The Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the Dick Van Dyke Museum.
Van Dyke thrilled fans during the Malibu, CA, event, where he shared stories and sang songs from his famous films, such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The beloved star also led a "Happy Birthday" song for a 6-year-old fan, People magazine reported.
During the fan Q&A, Silver, 54, leaned over and repeated one of the questions to her husband. "What's your secret to looking so amazing and young?" she asked.
Van Dyke, 99, pointed to Silver and replied, "Right here beside me!"
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This isn't the first time Van Dyke has credited his wife for keeping him young. In a 2023 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, he was asked to spill his "secret for staying youthful."
"Genes, I guess, for one thing," he said, before adding, "Having a beautiful young wife half my age to take care of me — that works! My positive attitude, I get that from my wife."
Van Dyke also told People that his wife keeps him singing. "Every day my beautiful wife sings," he said. "There's a lot of duets going on around the house most of the day."
Van Dyke and Silver married in 2012, five years after meeting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards when he was 81 and she was 35. The couple never had an issue with their 46-year age gap.
"She makes me happy. She's very mature for her age, and I'm very immature for my age, so it's just about right!" Van Dyke told Paradein 2013.
The actor also explained what made the relationship work in a 2019 interview with Closer Weekly. "We share an attitude," Van Dyke said of his wife. "She can go with the flow. She loves to sing and dance, which we do almost every day. She's just delightful."
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