{"id":635461,"date":"2026-04-29T02:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635461\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:45:08","slug":"dick-van-dyke-100-dances-and-laughs-at-malibu-event-with-wife-arlene-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635461\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Van Dyke, 100, dances and laughs at Malibu event with wife Arlene Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney legend Dick Van Dyke, 100, was spotted dancing while hanging out with wife Arlene Silver \u2014 and meeting Herb Alpert \u2014 at an event in Malibu.<\/p>\n<p>In a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXpYM0gjzLG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shared to Instagram<\/a> by the actor\u2019s personal photographer, Laura Johansen, the centenarian tapped his heels and shimmied to guitar music in his chair while attending the groundbreaking for an urgent care center in Malibu.<\/p>\n<p>He wore a black printed shirt and khakis for the outing, accessorizing with a ball cap and casual loafers. The \u201cMary Poppins\u201d star held a cane as he happily chatted and laughed with Alpert, 91. <\/p>\n<p>Van Dyke\u2019s wife, Arlene Silver, smiled as the entertainment icons shook hands over her lap. <\/p>\n<p>Dick Van Dyke was spotted dancing in his seat during a recent Malibu event (above). Laura Johansen, Alaura Imagery &amp; Design @alauravandyke<\/p>\n<p>The actor was joined by his wife, Arlene Silver, at the Malibu Urgent Care groundbreaking.  Instagram\/@alauravandyke<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re just minding your own business, jamming away to the music and suddenly find Herb Alpert introducing himself\u2026\u2019Gotta keep moving!&#8217;\u201d Johansen captioned the clip in part on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>In the comments thread, fans marveled over the celebrity sightings, with one person writing, \u201cImagine sitting behind them!?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sparked so much joy,\u201d another person wrote, while a third chimed in, \u201cHe is so adorable, look at him chair dancing!! \u2764\ufe0f\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another gushed, \u201cIcons being icons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDick Van Dyke Show\u201d star doesn\u2019t appear to be slowing down, despite reaching his milestone 100th birthday on Dec. 13. <\/p>\n<p>He was also seen chatting with music legend Herb Alpert. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIcons being icons,\u201d a fan gushed of the encounter. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/26\/celebrity-news\/why-dick-van-dyke-100-isnt-afraid-of-death-despite-knowing-it-could-happen-any-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">doesn\u2019t really frighten me<\/a>,\u201d the actor said during\u00a0an interview with \u201cGood Morning America\u201d\u00a0in December, \u201calthough\u00a0I\u2019d like a lot more life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cChitty Chitty Bang Bang\u201d star also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/17\/celebrity-news\/dick-van-dyke-shares-candid-health-update-weeks-before-100th-birthday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">touched on the downsides of aging<\/a> during an essay published by the Sunday Times in November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating to feel diminished in the world, physically and socially,\u201d he wrote at the time, adding that he can no longer travel due to health limitations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike my old characters, I am now a stooper, a shuffler and a teeterer,\u201d he wrote elsewhere in the essay. \u201cI have feet problems and I go supine as often as is politely possible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMary Poppins\u201d star, seen above in 2019, turned 100 in December.  The Walt Disney Company via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He recently credited Arlene \u2014 above with Van Dyke in 2024 \u2014 with keeping him young.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He divulged that his marriage to Arlene, 54 \u2014 with whom he tied the knot in 2012 \u2014 has kept him young. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met Arlene in 2006 and she quickly became my soulmate and the love of my life,\u201d he said of the romance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout question, our ongoing romance is the most important reason I have not withered away into a hermetic grouch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that at \u201chalf [his] age,\u201d she makes him feel \u201csomewhere between two thirds and three quarters [his] age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney legend Dick Van Dyke, 100, was spotted dancing while hanging out with wife Arlene Silver \u2014 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,362,365,121736,75,13906,337],"class_list":["post-635461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-sightings","tag-dick-van-dyke","tag-entertainment","tag-malibu","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}