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Dick Van Dyke, 98: 'I could go any day now'

Dick Van Dyke, 98: 'I could go any day now'
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Mary Poppins actor Dick Van Dyke admits that he "could go any day now" as he approaches his 99th birthday.

Movie legend Dick Van Dyke has made the frank admission that he "could go any day now" as he approaches his 99th birthday.

The actor - known for films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bye Bye Birdie - reaches the landmark birthday on Friday, December 13.

Asked by a paparazzo if he had any plans for the day, he joked: "Just praying that I make it."

In quotes reported by The Mirror, he said: "I'm acutely aware that I, you know, could go any day now, but I don't know why it doesn't concern me. I'm not afraid of it. I have that feeling, totally against anything intellectual, that I'm gonna be alright.

"I think I'm one of those lucky people who got to do for a living what I would have done anyway. When you think how lucky I am, I got to do what I do - play and act silly."

In September Van Dyke pulled out of a planned appearance at the FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, with a spokesperson saying that it was "more than he is able to do at this time".

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Neil Wilkes

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