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Dick Van Dyke, 97, says 'having an amazing young partner half my age' keeps him younger

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Aside from his wife Arlene Silver, 51, the 'Dick Van Dyke show' celeb declared that 'exercise is the answer' to a prolonged existence

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Dick Van Dyke said this week that his "beautiful" wife of fifty-one years allows him to feel young at ninety-seven.

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The "Mary Poppins" superstar married makeup artist Arlene Silver in 2012. The couple met in 2006 and were friends for years.

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"My good attitude, I got it from my wife," Van Dyke told Yahoo! Amusement in a recent phone interview.

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The "Dick Van Dyke display" actor said he also goes to the gym three days a week.

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“I recommend everyone to do this, because that's what happens with human beings: it's hardening up and not exercising muscle mass and lungs

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Van Dyke showed off his youth last week, surprising the judges of "The Masked Singer" when he found himself after making a song

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"while you're smiling" in a cumbersome gnome costume. The 97-year-old vintage surpassed 91-year-old William Shatner as the oldest contestant on the show.

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He admitted that he "nearly fell" while he was changing to sing in the dress at the show.