“THE ROOM WENT SILENT BEFORE HE EVEN FINISHED HIS SENTENCE…” No lights flickered, no music played — yet somehow, the air shifted the moment Dick Van Dyke leaned forward, almost 100 years old and glowing with that unmistakable spark of boyish mischief

No stage lights flickered and no music was playing, yet the mood in the room shifted the instant Dick Van Dyke leaned forward — nearly 100 years old, still carrying that familiar sparkle that makes people feel like kids again.

Just minutes earlier, he’d led a joyful, two-hour sing-along in Malibu, California, co-hosted with his wife, Arlene Silver, to raise money for the Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the in-development Dick Van Dyke Museum.

He told the crowd the afternoon wasn’t only about nostalgia or celebration. It was about something he thinks we’re losing.

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