{"id":332,"date":"2018-01-08T22:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T22:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=332"},"modified":"2018-01-08T22:16:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T22:16:21","slug":"jerry-van-dyke-dies-age-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2018\/01\/jerry-van-dyke-dies-age-86.html","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Van Dyke Dies at Age 86"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jerry_Van_Dyke_(253701039)\"<\/a>Jerry Van Dyke died on Friday, February 5, 2018 from congestive heart failure. According to his wife, Shirley Ann Jones, Van Dyke\u2019s health had been deteriorating since a traffic accident in 2015 when he was \u201cinjured very badly\u201d. The four-time Emmy nominee was 86 years old.<\/p>\n

Jerry Van Dyke\u2019s career began at much the same time as the career of his older brother, Dick Van Dyke. Jerry appeared on \u201cThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u201d in 1962 as Stacey Petrie, and though their careers eventually diverged, the Van Dyke brothers remained close. They were later reunited on screen when they played a pair of fighting brothers in the ABC sitcom \u201cThe Middle.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Dick Van Dyke went on to become a household name, Jerry never achieved the same level of career success. Jerry gravitated toward projects that would turn out to be short-lived, such as \u201cAccidental Family,\u201d \u201cHeadmaster\u201d and \u201c13 Queens Boulevard.\u201d He also turned down a starring role in \u201cGilligan\u2019s Island\u201d to work on \u201cMy Mother the Car,\u201d a show which focused on Jerry Van Dyke\u2019s character after his mother is reincarnated as an automobile. It would go on to be named the second worst television show of all time by TV Guide, eclipsed only by \u201cThe Jerry Springer Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jerry Van Dyke did have success later in life, however, when he began playing the role of Assistant Coach Luther Van Dam on the 1989 show \u201cCoach.\u201d Unlike a number of Van Dyke\u2019s previous gigs, \u201cCoach\u201d was not a short-lived phenomenon. The show ran until 1997, and Van Dyke\u2019s work on \u201cCoach\u201d earned him Emmy nominations for supporting actor in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994. On an interview on the \u201cLate Show with David Letterman,\u201d Van Dyke joked that it was better that he reached the height of his career in his later years. \u201cWhen you make it as an older [guy] the people know you as getting older,\u201d Van Dyke said. \u201cI don\u2019t have to worry about people saying, \u2018Jeez, he\u2019s getting old.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

During years when television or film roles were scarce, Van Dyke supported himself with a banjo-and-comedy stage act in Las Vegas, Playboy Clubs and on cruise ships. These acts harkened back to his early years as a teenager, when he honed his comedy skills at nightclubs and stripclubs. \u201cI couldn\u2019t do anything else,\u201d Van Dyke joked in 1990. \u201cHad I known how to do anything else, I would have quit.\u201d Dick Van Dyke, however, gave his brother more credit. After seeing Jerry\u2019s stand-up act for the first time, Dick stated in an interview that he \u201cdidn\u2019t realize how good [Jerry] was. The main thing about Jerry is that he\u2019s funny from the inside out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jerry Van Dyke\u2019s death is the second to strike the family of \u201cThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u201d in the last month. Rose Marie, who played Sally Rogers, died on December 28, <\/sup>2017. Dick Van Dyke, the titular star of the show, survives Jerry as does Jerry\u2019s wife, Shirley Ann Jones; his children from his first marriage, Jerri Lynne and Ronald; and two grandchildren. Jerry Van Dyke\u2019s other daughter, Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, committed suicide in 1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Van Dyke died on Friday, February 5, 2018 from congestive heart failure. According to his wife, Shirley Ann Jones, Van Dyke\u2019s health had been deteriorating since a traffic accident in 2015 when he was \u201cinjured very badly\u201d. The four-time Emmy nominee was 86 years old. Jerry Van Dyke\u2019s career began at much the same…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nJerry Van Dyke Dies at Age 86<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jerry Van Dyke died on Friday, February 5, 2018 from congestive heart failure. 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