MORE BAD DAYS THAN GOOD FOR FRAIL VAN DYKE

AGED showbiz icon Dick Van Dyke triggered new health fears recently by skipping a public appearance, and now insiders say loved ones are terrified that the Mary Poppins legend won't make it to his 100th birthday just before Christmas.

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Van Dyke used a cane outside TCL Chinese Theatre in June 2024. Below, Dick posed for photos while seated at an Emmys event last September with wife Arlene; he pulled out of a June 28 Malibu fundraiser

Sources confide that the beloved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star, who hits the century mark Dec. 13, is frailer these days and tries not to overexert himself.

“He can’t possibly go to all these events, no matter how much he wants to,” spills an insider.