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Dick Van Dykeis celebratingFather’s Daywith his brood.
On Tuesday, theMary Poppinsactor, 97, posted a carousel of photos to his Instagram in celebration of Father’s Day.
In the photos, the star posed with his kids, grandkids and wife Arlene Silver. “I never realized when I was first having kids what I was starting,” Van Dyke began his caption.
“But, I’m amazed and grateful to have lived long enough to spend Father’s Day with some of my kids, grandchildren AND great grandchildren!! All wonderful, non-toxic people!! And to share it all with my greatest gift @bijoubox in our magical fairyland @vandymanor I’m a very lucky boy!! @wesvandyke_fineart.”
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Van Dyke shares his four children, Christian, Barry, Stacy and Carrie Beth, with late ex-wifeMargie Willett, to whom he wasmarried for 36 years. Since 2012, Van Dyke has been married toArlene Silver, 51.
“They all turned out great, I’m happy to say,” Dick toldUSA Todayof his kids in 2011. “Not a horse thief in the bunch.”
“It’s one way to get to see your grown kids,” Dick joked toCNNin 1998. “Barry’s teenage sons were on, and I had my daughter Stacy on the show, too. That’s carrying nepotism to its ultimate!”
According to son Barry, Dick was plenty of fun off-camera, too. “He was a terrific father,” theGalactica 1980star said in an appearance onBorn Famousin 1987.
“He was very much a child in a man’s body and was attuned to us all the time. … He gave me great things: How to make the right choices, how to be your own person. Those things meant enough to me that I am gladly and proudly passing them on to my children.”
source: people.com
