Dick Van Dyke has admitted his well being is failing as he approaches his a centesimal birthday. The Mary Poppins legend, 99, celebrates the large milestone on December thirteenth – however he admitted getting previous has felt “lonely” and “irritating” as his greatest pals have sadly died. His declining well being additionally means Hollywood icon Dick can’t attend showbiz occasions like he used to.

Chatting with The Occasions, he confessed that he feels “bodily and socially diminished” on this planet these days. He mentioned travelling to New York or Chicago for jobs “takes a lot out of him” that he sadly has to show them down, as a substitute inviting guests to his dwelling so he doesn’t must exert himself.

The actor mentioned: “I’m now a stooper, a shuffler and a teeterer. I’ve ft issues and I’m going supine as typically as is politely attainable.

“My sight is so unhealthy now that origami is out of the query. I’ve hassle following group conversations and complain often about my listening to aids.”

Dick is remaining constructive, nevertheless, and mentioned: “All of us have the capability for a joyful life. I’ve made it to 99 in no small half as a result of I’ve stubbornly refused to provide into the unhealthy stuff in life: failures and defeats, private losses, loneliness and bitterness, the bodily and emotional pains of ageing. That stuff is actual however I’ve not let it outline me.”

Dick has beforehand credited his youthful spouse Arlene Silver with holding him younger. They first met again in 2006, when Dick was 86 and Arlene was 41.

Arlene cared for her husband in 2023 after he suffered “minor accidents” in a automotive accident, crashing right into a gate in Malibu. He was handled by paramedics on the scene however didn’t have to go to hospital.

He instructed the Malibu Occasions of his spouse: “She is one of the best spouse. She’s made me the happiest man on this planet. Our life is so good collectively.”