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Dick Van Dyke, 99, shares secret to 46-year age hole relationship with spouse Arlene

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November 28, 2025

By Drama Unfolded

Dick Van Dyke, 99, shares secret to 46-year age hole relationship with spouse Arlene

There are many age-gap relationships within the showbiz world, from Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’ 25-year distinction to the newer Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau’s 12 years. However one romance that trumps all of them is 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s marriage to his 54-year-old spouse, Arlene Silver. (Image: Getty Photographs)

With a staggering 46-year age hole, it’s not your common love story. The pair first met backstage on the 2006 SAG Awards when Van Dyke was 86, and rapidly struck up a friendship. On the time, Silver was working as a make-up artist. (Image: Getty Photographs)

Van Dyke and Silver wouldn’t get collectively romantically till 2009, after his accomplice, Michelle Triola Marvin, sadly handed away. Silver was reportedly a help to Van Dyke throughout this time, which led to them falling in love. On February 29, 2012 (a intercalary year), they tied the knot, with Van Dyke telling Folks that it was a ‘spur of the second’ resolution. ‘We simply determined Leap Day could be the very best time to do it,’ he mentioned. (Image: Getty Photographs)

In 2022, Van Dyke referred to as Silver the ‘finest spouse,’ and mentioned that she’d made him the ‘happiest man on this planet.’ The then 96-year-old added: ‘Our life is so good collectively.’ The 12 months after they obtained married, Silver advised Huffington Publish: ‘We take excellent care of one another. However, I’m very conscious that I’ve a nationwide treasure on my palms … He’s the proper human being, however he’s additionally the proper accomplice.’ (Image: Getty Photographs)

Now, Van Dyke, who will have a good time his a hundredth birthday on December 13, has shared with Folks journal that the couple have by no means had a problem with their age hole. ‘We thought it could be [a problem] in some regard, to some extent, nevertheless it hasn’t actually,’ he advised the publication. ‘I’m childish to begin with. I believe I’m about 13, in order that’s been an issue, and he or she’s fairly mature for her age, so I don’t suppose we [have] had any drawback with age in any respect.’ (Image: Getty Photographs)

Van Dyke additionally shared that Silver helps to maintain him younger. ‘She’s answerable for holding me within the second. She’s stored me pleased day by day of my life, day by day. She’s a pleasure. She will be able to get me singing or dancing, and he or she carries a lot accountability…I’m simply fortunate,’ he mentioned. (Image: Getty Photographs)

Silver has additionally weighed in on their age hole previously. In 2024, she advised Leisure Tonight that, as a result of she and her husband had been mates for thus lengthy, when she advised folks about their relationship, they have been pleased about it. (Image: Getty Photographs)

Silver added that though she was ‘scared’ to disclose their romance, she needn’t have fearful. ‘I imply, the info, our age distinction. But it surely’s so irrelevant. I believe whenever you see us collectively, it’s such as you don’t even give it some thought,’ she mentioned. (Image: Getty Photographs)

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