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H is work has crossed nearly every major category of entertainment, and on Jan. 27, Dick Van Dyke, 87, will receive SAG-AFTRA���s highest honor legendary,��� said SAG-AFTRA Co-President Roberta Reardon. ���He has inspired millions of fans and has had a tremendously positive impact you ever make it without me?��� What a doll he was,��� Van Dyke recalled. He made his TV-acting Mark Hill, Larissa Underwood, Walt Disney Productions, CBS Photo Archive for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment, the Life Achievement Award. ���What a nice cherry on top of everything,��� he said humbly. From his beginnings as a broadcaster in the 1950s hosting he Morning Show for CBS to memorable TV and ilm acting roles, to his git for singing that garnered him a Grammy, Van Dyke truly represents the multifaceted membership of his union. ���With Dick, it���s so much more than the proverbial ���triple threat.��� His contributions to the success of the business and to his fellow performers are on the industry and the world,��� added SAG-AFTRA Co-President Ken Howard. As a youngster in Danville, Ill., he taught himself music, magic and pantomime. By 16, he was working part time as an announcer on a local radio station. With aspirations of being a TV announcer, Van Dyke landed jobs hosting a daytime talk show in Atlanta and a morning show in New Orleans, and then, in 1955, he moved to New York to host he Morning Show for CBS with another up-and-comer. ���My newsman was Walter Cronkite. Walter sent me a picture of the two of us on the set and it said, ���How did CBS Photo Archive hich came to announcer, w ng a television ns of bei a few years e had aspiratio (top left). Just Dick Van Dyk Show on CBS e Morning e Show, 5 as host of Th Dick Van Dyk fruition in 195 n sitcom, The ing his ow or to star in he was headlin -picked the act later, in 1961, alt Disney hand on a ht). W ter left). He w ler Moore (rig Andrews (cen rring Mary Ty co -sta ella pins with Julie e of the a cap ���lm Mary Pop the centerpiec w-iconic 1964 the no is currently soundtrack and y for that ���lm's left). Gramm ntastix (bottom yke and the Va nD group Dick Va debut on a 1957 episode of he Phil Silvers Show, but in 1960, his career soared when he was cast opposite Chita Rivera in the Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie, a role that required he learn to sing and dance. ���he irst few weeks I was just scared stif, you know, stage fright, butterlies, everything,��� he said. ���But once I got used to it, I began to have fun and enjoy it, then I was able to perform. I found I���m never any good unless I���m enjoying it.��� he role earned Van Dyke a Tony�� Award and took him back to television in 1961 as the star of he Dick Van Dyke Show opposite newcomer SAGAFTRA.org | Special Issue 2013 | SAG-AFTRA 62