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Dick Van Dyke speaks of love and death as he appears in Coldplay music video
By Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Entertainment Reporter
Hollywood star Dick Van Dyke has said he is “not afraid” of death during a seven-minute short film which has been made as a director’s cut of a new Coldplay music video.
The video for All My Love, the latest single from the band’s album Moon Music, stars the year-old Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins actor.
In the extended video version, co-directed by Spike Jonze and Mary Wigmore, Van Dyke is seen speaking about age, family and love.
“I’m acutely aware that I could go any day now, but I don’t know why, it doesn’t concern me, I’m not afraid of it,” he said.
“I have that feeling totally against anything intellectual I have, that I’m going to be alright.”
Looking at a photo of himself with his first wife Margie Willett and their children, Van Dyke adds: “What is love? Boy, they’ve been attacking that question for centuries, I don’t know.
“It certainly is a feeling of caring about the welfare and the life of the other person as much as you care for yourself.
“This (the photo) is us in our first home when we moved to California, there’s Carrie Beth, who was born there, Chris is the oldest, there’s Barry, and Stacy.
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Meet Dick Van Dyke's four children – including his famous son
Dick Van Dyke is a beloved actor whose career has spanned decades and given the world iconic characters like Bert in "Mary Poppins" – but his greatest role to date is a father to his four children.
The year-old, who celebrated his birthday on December 13, welcomed sons Christian and Barry and daughters Stacy and Carrie Beth with his late ex-wife, Margie Willett, who died of pancreatic cancer in
Van Dyke and Willett were married for 36 years, separating in before officially divorcing in , but despite their split, he credits her for raising "great" children.
"Margie did the work, but I will take some credit," he told The Guardian in , adding that their kids turned out to be "truly admirable," despite growing up with an alcoholic father.
He added to the publication: "I tried to be a good role model to my children, but I was an alcoholic for 25 years, which inevitably impacted on family life. When I went into therapy, I realized I was repeating my father's mistakes."
Van Dyke is also a grandfather and great-grandfather of several children and admitted last year that he is "grateful" he has lived long enough to meet them all.