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Dick Van Dyke is 98 and feeling it.
After the legendary comedic actor needed to pull out of a deliberate look on the current Emmy Awards and an occasion in Utah, the New York Post caught up with Van Dyke as he was leaving a pharmacy in Malibu on Monday.
“I really feel previous,” they reported a smiling Van Dyke saying when requested how he was doing.
As for any potential plans he may need to have fun his upcoming 99th birthday in December, the icon quipped, “Simply praying that I make it.”
Van Dyke sparked concern after skipping the Emmys when he had been beforehand introduced as a presenter. It had been introduced on Monday that he would additionally now not be attending a three-day fan occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah subsequent weekend.
“He expresses his gratitude to all of those that proceed to help him however, at virtually 99 years of age, touring and interacting with 1000’s of individuals is greater than he is ready to do right now,” a statement announcing his cancellation reads.
The “Mary Poppins” star has continued working in recent times, together with voicing himself for an episode final yr of the animated collection “The Simpsons.”