Dick Van Dyke, 86, Marries Make-Up Artist, Arlene Silver, 40

Van Dyke Marries Bride, 46 Years Younger
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Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke has wed his longtime make-up artist, who is 46 years his junior.

The 86-year-old actor exchanged vows with Arlene Silver, 40, on 29 February, according to RumorFix.com.

And Van Dyke has confirmed the happy news, stating, "We're looking forward to a long and happy marriage. (The ceremony was) kinda on the spur of the moment, we just decided Leap Day would be the best time to do it."

He tells the website he met Silver at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006: "I was in the green room and she passed through and I was bowled over by her beauty."

He then hired her as his make-up artist.

Van Dyke has wed once before, to Margie Willett. They divorced in 1984 after 36 years as husband and wife. The marriage produced four children.

Here are some more lovestruck couples who have overcome the odd few years between them:

Age-gap relationships
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - 12 years(01 of09)
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Madonna and Jesus Luz - 28 years(02 of09)
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon - 10 years(03 of09)
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There's a decade in age between Mariah Carey and her hubby Nick Cannon, she's 39 and he's 29 - but that's not much of a gap at all by modern celeb standards (credit:Getty Images)
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones - 25 years(04 of09)
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Quarter of a century is a fair old age gap in anybody's book, but Mickey and Cath seem happy enough together - and she was comfortable enough with the reputation that their marriage earned her to mock it in Intolerable Cruelty (credit:X17online.com)
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster - 26 years(05 of09)
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Ronnie Wood and Ekaterina Ivanova - 42 years(06 of09)
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Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson - 23 years(07 of09)
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Stephen Fry and Steven Webb - 27 years(08 of09)
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Stephen Fry had just split up with his partner of 14 years Daniel Cohen when he apparently began consoling himself in the arms of a much younger beau. His rumoured love interest was 25-year-old Steven Webb (credit:Getty Images)
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - 16 years(09 of09)
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Plenty of people have been cynical about TomKat's marriage, but we're not goiong to cast any aspersions. Our lawyers wouldn't let us anyway, but they seem happy enough together (credit:X17online.com)