Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke's Longevity Secrets

Posted 05.01.2012

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"I like to have young friends," said Dick Van Dyke when asked how he has maintained such a youthful appearance and demeanor at age 86. The prolific en...

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Dick Van Dyke Marries 40-Year-Old Makeup Artist

Posted 03.09.2012

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Congratulations are in order for iconic actor Dick Van Dyke, 86, who married his 40-year-old makeup artist, Arlene Silver, on Feb. 29. The two met...

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Boomer on Board: May-December Marriages

Pat Gallagher | Posted 03.25.2012

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Pat Gallagher

God bless people who reach the age of 86. God bless those who turn 39. But are these two age groups meant to be married to each other? Only if they're turtles. Turtles most always look the same age and don't have to discuss pop culture and music with each other.

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Herman Cain, Taylor Swift & More: Today's Famous Birthdays

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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In a world with nearly 7 billion people, chances are someone famous is celebrating their birthday today. And indeed: Herman Cain, Taylor Swift, and...

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Do You Suffer From 'Dick Van Dyke Moments'?

encino.patch.com | Posted 12.07.2011

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I coined a new phrase last week. It's called "a Dick Van Dyke moment" and refers to an exchange that causes a baby boomer to realize that he or she is...

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From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.13.2011

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Tom Alderman

If your summer reading includes Ron Chernow's MASSIVE George Washington: A Life, you're going to need some relief, aren't you? Here are a few biographies that are sometimes edifying and a bit more, uhhh, recreational.

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Dick Van Dyke Says Porpoises Saved Him

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The actor Dick Van Dyke has claimed he was saved by a school of porpoises after he found himself adrift at sea on a surfboard, according to reports....

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Ride a Dinosaur: Visit a Creationist Museum!

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Janssen

When exactly the notoriously skeptical people within the "Show-Me State" of Missouri morphed into a bunch of Creationist Cathys, I'll never know.

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Dick Van Dyke Memoir Planned

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Cue the theme music: Dick Van Dyke is writing a memoir. The star of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and such films as "Mary Poppins" and "B...

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When Bad PR Happens to Good People, or, Jeffrey Birnbaum's Revenge

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Klein

Washington Post columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum has his panties in a twist again about the practice of public policy advocates employing professional writers to help them draft newspaper op-eds.

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Dick Van Dyke Again Sings "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

AP | MICHAEL CIDONI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Dick Van Dyke may be 82, but he can still get 14 syllables into a single word. Van Dyke sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ...

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John Edwards, Celebrity, and Staying In The Game

Gale Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gale Walden

Not to bite the hand that doesn't feed me, but it hasn't been only mainstream media outlets that have backed off on covering John Edwards (and Joe Biden and Chris Dodd before him).

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