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“𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.” -𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐲𝐤𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

Happy 99th birthday to screen and television legend Dick Van Dyke, born on December 13th, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. ❤

Gif from Coldplay’s music video for All My Love, released on December 6th, 2024. A beautiful and heartwarming tribute to Van Dyke, it’s guaranteed to invoke smiles (and perhaps a few tears). The video was filmed with Dick’s extended family at his Malibu home, which he had to evacuate a few days ago due to the Franklin Fire. “It was coming from the hill, you could see it,” Van Dyke stated in an interview with the Today show. “And oh my God, we got out of here.” After trying to extinguish “a little fire in the guest house” by himself, Dick said “I was trying to crawl to the car. I had exhausted myself. I couldn’t get up. Three neighbors came and carried me out.” He was then evacuated to safety with his wife, Arlene Silver, and their pets, but one cat named “Bobo” escaped during the commotion. In a traditional Hollywood happy ending, when they were allowed to return home “Bobo” was there waiting for them, safe and sound.