Dick Van Dyke's wife says living to 100 can be 'a curse'

For Dick Van Dyke, surviving to astir 100 tin beryllium "a curse."

The "Mary Poppins" prima described however helium and longtime pal Ed Asner, who died successful 2021 astatine property 91, were teaming up for a remake of the classical drama "The Odd Couple."

"That would’ve been specified fun, and we mislaid it," said the 99-year-old astatine the "Dick & Arlene Van Dyke Present Vandy Camp" lawsuit successful Malibu, California, arsenic reported by People magazine.

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Dick Van Dyke turns 100 successful December. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

"He's outlived everybody," said Van Dyke’s woman Arlene, 53. "That's the curse of surviving to astir 100."

Still, Arlene noted that the prima is "still truthful positive" contempt losing truthful galore friends and co-stars implicit the years.

"Well, life's been bully to me," said Van Dyke. "I can't complain."

Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene Silver, besides known arsenic Arlene Van Dyke, are 46 years isolated successful age. (Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images)

The histrion told People mag astatine the lawsuit that he’s determined to execute alternatively of easing into retirement. Van Dyke volition crook 100 successful December.

"I'm a ham," helium said. "I emotion it. I get a jolt of vigor from an audience."

According to the outlet, "The Odd Couple" was archetypal introduced arsenic a Broadway play successful 1965. A movie followed successful 1968 starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.  A TV series, developed by Garry Marshall, premiered successful 1970 and ran for 5 seasons. It starred Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.

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Ed Asner (left), Dick Van Dyke's (right) pal, passed distant successful 2021 astatine property 91. (Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

The communicative follows Felix, a neat freak, who moves successful with his messy champion person Oscar successful a New York City apartment pursuing his divorce. It’s determination wherever their relationship is enactment to the test.

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Van Dyke had already made his people headlining "The Dick Van Dyke Show" erstwhile helium was formed alongside Julie Andrews successful 1964’s "Mary Poppins." His sitcom, wherever helium played a drama writer named Rob Petrie, ran from 1961 to 1966. He described however Andrews, 89, was "as saccharine arsenic she could beryllium and truthful diligent with me" arsenic helium struggled with the singing aspects of his role.

Julie Andrews gave Dick Van Dyke the assurance to sing successful the movie "Mary Poppins." (LMPC via Getty Images)

"I'm not a existent singer, truthful I thin to beryllium under, warring to get up determination and sing connected apical of the note," helium told the outlet. "Just took maine everlastingly successful the recording. But [Andrews] was conscionable arsenic diligent arsenic could beryllium and kept helping me, saying, 'Think high. Think up there.' And it turned retired great."

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Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews during the "Mary Poppins" 40th day solemnisation astatine the El Capitan Theatre successful Hollywood, California. (SGranitz/WireImage/Getty Images)

"She was wonderful," helium gushed. "We had a fantastic clip together."

In December 2024, Van Dyke opened up astir his beingness portion appearing successful a caller euphony video for Coldplay’s "All My Love." The opus wasn't initially written astir Van Dyke, but the euphony video was a look backmost connected his unthinkable career. 

Filmed at the legendary actor's Malibu home, the video features footage of Van Dyke's galore accolades and awards, saccharine clips of him and his extended family, and affectional moments of reflection. 

Dick Van Dyke delighted fans successful a euphony video for Coldplay's opus "All My Love." (Atlantic Music Group)

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"I’m acutely alert that I could spell immoderate time now, but I don’t cognize why. It doesn’t interest me. I’m not acrophobic of it," Van Dyke said successful the video. "I person that feeling, wholly against thing intellectual, that I’m going to beryllium alright."

"I deliberation I’m 1 of those fortunate radical who got to bash for a surviving what I would person done anyway," helium added. "When you deliberation however fortunate I americium — I got to bash what I do, play and enactment silly."

Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.