Dick Van Dyke is protecting in excellent spirits next lacking the Primetime Emmy Awards previous this while.
Enthusiasts have expressed worry about Van Dyke’s condition because the mythical TV actor, 98, skipped the rite next being slated as a presenter.
Alternatively, within the unique video received via The Submit, the icon was once all smiles as he left a pharmacy in Malibu on Monday morning or even joked about his later birthday.
“I feel old,” Van Dyke stated with fun and a vast grin when requested via a photographer how he’s feeling.
As for whether or not the megastar has any bulky plans for his nearest 99th birthday in December, Van Dyke added along with his function comedic timing, “Just praying that I make it.”
Previous on Monday, it was once introduced that Van Dyke can be skipping a three-day FanX tournament in Salt Puddle Town, Utah, from Sept. 26 to twenty-eight.
“He expresses his gratitude to all of those who continue to support him but, at almost 99 years of age, traveling and interacting with thousands of people is more than he is able to do at this time,” the announcement read.
Van Dyke was once unmistakable as a Primetime Emmys presenter on Sept. 9., however didn’t attend the awards rite.
The “Mary Poppins” megastar did, alternatively, attend the 2024 Inventive Arts Emmys on Sept. 7, the place he posed seated in a chair keeping an Emmy statue next the CBS particular on his presen “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic” gained for Remarkable Selection Particular. Even though the display took house a trophy, Van Dyke didn’t, as he was once no longer a manufacturer at the display.
Reflecting on his frame of labor, Van Dyke told reporters on the awards that he needs to be remembered “for laughter.”
“Hopefully for making people laugh for 75 years,” he stated. “I’ve been in the business for 75 years, I can’t believe it that I’m still here and performing! I’m looking for work if anyone’s interested.”
The “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” actor made Emmys historical past this time, when he gained a Sunlight hours Emmy for a visitor starring function in “Days of Our Lives,” turning into the oldest Sunlight hours Emmy winner ever.
“I don’t believe this. I feel like a spy from nighttime television,” he stated on the awards rite in June. “I’m 98 years old. Can you believe it? This really tops off a lifetime of 80 years in the business. If I had known I would have lived this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself.”
The Submit has reached out to Van Dyke’s rep for remark.
