Dick Van Dyke Celebrates Life at 99 with Surprise Dance Cameo

In Decem­ber 2024, leg­endary enter­tain­er Dick Van Dyke cel­e­brat­ed his 99th birth­day with a heart­warm­ing appear­ance in Cold­play’s music video for their song “All My Love.” The video, co-direct­ed by Spike Jonze and Mary Wig­more, was filmed at Van Dyke’s Mal­ibu home and fea­tures him singing and danc­ing along­side Cold­play’s lead singer, Chris Mar­tin, and his own fam­i­ly. ​Yahoo+5EW.com+5AXS TV+5

The sev­en-minute video includes a mon­tage of Van Dyke’s per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al mile­stones, show­cas­ing high­lights from his illus­tri­ous sev­en-decade career. In an inter­view seg­ment with­in the video, Van Dyke reflects on his life, express­ing con­tent­ment and a lack of fear about aging, stat­ing, “I could go any day now.” ​EW.com

In addi­tion to the Cold­play col­lab­o­ra­tion, Van Dyke also par­tic­i­pat­ed in a spe­cial per­for­mance of “Step In Time” with dancer Derek Hough. The full per­for­mance was shared by Hough, high­light­ing Van Dyke’s endur­ing ener­gy and pas­sion for dance. ​Log in or sign up to view+1Log in or sign up to view+1

These recent appear­ances under­score Van Dyke’s unwa­ver­ing enthu­si­asm for per­for­mance and his abil­i­ty to inspire audi­ences, even as he approach­es the cen­ten­ni­al mile­stone.