Dick Van Dyke thinks ‘it would be humorous’ if he did not make it to his one centesimal birthday in December

Dick Van Dyke is simply two months shy of his monumental one centesimal birthday, a milestone he says he'd snigger if he missed.

"I'm not formally 100 till December," the legendary entertainer remarked Sunday at Vandy Excessive Tea, an annual charity occasion held on the Vandy Manor in Malibu, Calif., to boost cash for each his Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the forthcoming Dick Van Dyke Museum.

"Two months. Two months," he mentioned, per PEOPLE.

Flashing that signature sharp wit that's received him followers throughout 9 a long time, Van Dyke then joked, "It'd be humorous if I didn't make it."

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"I brag generally about how I made it to 100 and the reality is, if I had identified I used to be going to stay this lengthy, I’d've taken higher care of myself," Van Dyke mirrored later within the occasion, which featured the previous Dick Van Dyke Present host telling tales and singing songs alongside Arlene, his spouse of 13 years, performances from his singing group, Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix, and renditions of banner tracks from his hit movies like Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Van Dyke clearly has executed one thing proper, making it to 99 years previous and staying spry sufficient to attend buzzy charity galas and develop into a verified gymnasium bro. However he mirrored that, approaching his centennial, he finds it "irritating as a result of I don't know what I did proper. Apart from [Arlene], I didn't do something proper."

A son of the American Midwest, Van Dyke started his profession as a radio DJ in Danville, In poor health., simply hours from his native West Plains, Miss. After stints within the Air Drive and entertaining troops throughout the Second World Warfare, Van Dyke started to climb the ladder of fame through radio, stage, tv, and movie, changing into the beloved performing legend he’s at the moment.

Van Dyke hit it large with the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Present, which ran on CBS from 1961-1966 and received him three Primetime Emmys. He nabbed a Tony Award and a Grammy throughout that stretch for his work on Mary Poppins (the movie) and Bye Bye Birdie (the stage musical). Although Oscar (and, due to this fact, EGOT) glory eluded him, Van Dyke set a brand new report final yr by changing into the oldest winner in Emmys' historical past for his visitor stint on Days of Our Lives.

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