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Dick Van Dyke, 97, in car crash in Malibu after losing control of his Lexus and slamming into a gate
Daily Mail ^ | 3/22/23 | Rachel Bunyan

Posted on 03/22/2023 3:20:56 AM PDT by raccoonradio

Dick Van Dyke has smashed his car into a gate in Malibu after his Lexus skidded in the rain. The accident occurred on Wednesday morning in Malibu and police officers arrived at the scene to find Dick behind the wheel of his Lexus LS 500, reports TMZ.

The Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star told the cops his car had skidded in the rain and he lost control of the steering before the Lexus smashed into the gate.

The crash came nearly ten years after Dick was involved in another car crash which saw him rescued from his burning Jaguar in Los Angeles.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Said to be a wonderful man but maybe 97 is too old to drive...can't hire a driver? Not just tripping over an ottoman here.
1 posted on 03/22/2023 3:20:56 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

His car goes chitty, chitty, bang—bang!!

Endorsed Bernie Sanders for prez. In communist USA everybody gets to drive Lexus!


2 posted on 03/22/2023 3:23:52 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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Too much bang and not enough chitty.


3 posted on 03/22/2023 3:24:13 AM PDT by Candor7 ( ( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: raccoonradio; All

Only 46 years older than his wife.
He may be getting a driving retest.


4 posted on 03/22/2023 3:28:32 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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Wow, I had no idea Dick Van Dyke was still alive. I thought he died 20 years ago. Good for him crashing a car!

5 posted on 03/22/2023 3:30:18 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

I think he is and has been dead.

I don’t believe this news article, nor most of what today passes as “news”. And, certainly not the daily mail.

As to why news such as this would be put out, with it being about an already-dead guy, I could only speculate.


6 posted on 03/22/2023 3:34:56 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: raccoonradio

My Dad gave up driving at 92. We just lost him a couple months short of 95 on Feb. 17th.


7 posted on 03/22/2023 3:35:02 AM PDT by DAC21
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78 here and almost caused a VERY BAD wreck yesterday afternoon while entering a four-lane. Really has me wondering what I’m going to do if I give up driving. I’ve got excuses for why it happened, but the fact is it was MY fault. Thank God the other fellow was paying attention and had good reflexes and skills!
Stay tuned.


8 posted on 03/22/2023 3:37:32 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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A man named Jason Pennington saved the day after spotting the car full of smoke on the side of the road.

Thank you, Jason Pennington, for turning this into good news.

9 posted on 03/22/2023 3:38:31 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: C210N

He’s not dead.


10 posted on 03/22/2023 3:42:07 AM PDT by vivenne
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To: raccoonradio

He’s a socialist and a 2 time Bernie supporter.


11 posted on 03/22/2023 3:42:29 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: vivenne

I cannot prove he is dead.

You cannot prove he is alive.


12 posted on 03/22/2023 3:44:30 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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Yeah. He’s a commiesaur.


13 posted on 03/22/2023 3:45:33 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: vivenne

Can you prove that Tom Hanks is alive?

An active tweeter, his last tweet was May 22, 2020.


14 posted on 03/22/2023 3:46:14 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: raccoonradio

Some of us enjoy driving… rather go out like a hat than sitting down n front or a fish tank at the nursing home.


15 posted on 03/22/2023 3:46:22 AM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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Yes, various problems as we age. Am 61—last
year glaucoma caused my left eye to fill
with blood but fortunately site was restored after an operation.


16 posted on 03/22/2023 3:47:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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Will Dick and Keith Richards be the last people on Earth?


17 posted on 03/22/2023 3:48:21 AM PDT by moviefan8 (You know, when you boil life down, it's funny just how little you need, isn't it? - Rip Wheeleri)
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He was able to appear in A Man Called Otto
which I saw a few months ago


18 posted on 03/22/2023 3:48:40 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Roccus

My husband turns 85 this year and has stopped driving in traffic but does drive on country roads in the neighborhood. He let me put a nice GPS tracker on his truck so that if he has trouble, I can find him. If he needs to go to town or to a large city, I drive.


19 posted on 03/22/2023 3:48:51 AM PDT by Melinda in TN (AKA Tennessee Conservative)
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Article said he was giving away $5 bills to
the homeless. Here, buy a nip bottle as I go back to my Lexus or Jaguar and wish for my
fellow citizens to live in poverty under socialism. No need to work hard, government
will take care of you.


20 posted on 03/22/2023 3:53:11 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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