Although Dick Van Dyke had to miss the third iteration of his Vandy Camp fan gathering this weekend, he was there in spirit. The 6x Emmy winner’s wife Arlene Silver announced that he was “not up to” attending Saturday’s event in Malibu as planned,

Van Dyke has reflected openly on the downside of growing older. He once told fans he had hoped to remake The Odd Couple with his late friend Ed Asner. “That would’ve been such fun, and we lost it. I’ve lost a lot of friends,” he said.

Dick Van Dyke backed out of a Vandy Camp event Saturday, June 28, due to an unspecified illness, his wife announced to attendees