1997 Death Sheldon Leonard, producer and director, I Spy - Dick Van Dyke, dies at 89 1996 Death Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87 1991 Death Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 1986 Death Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60 1984 Death Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 1966 Event 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1964 Event 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1963 Event 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 1961 Event "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV 1961 Event 1st episode for "Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed 1960 Birthday Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star 1960 Event "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke 1955 Birthday Larry Mathews, born in Burbank, California, actor, Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show 1951 Birthday Barry Van Dyke, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder 1949 Birthday Michael Shea, born in Glendale, New York, actor, Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show 1947 Birthday Wendell Burton, born in San Antonio, Texas, actor, Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show 1946 Birthday Kim Gardner, England, rock bassist, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1945 Birthday Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox, Virginia, actress, Framed, Hell's Angels '69 1945 Birthday Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1941 Birthday Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician, Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour 1933 Birthday Henry Darrow, New York City, actor, Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show 1933 Death Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1931 Birthday Jerry Van Dyke, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, My Mother the Car, Coach 1929 Birthday Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By 1925 Birthday Dick Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, actor, Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show 1925 Birthday Rose Marie, actress/comedienne, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show 1925 Birthday Jerry Paris, born in San Francisco, California, director/actor, Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show 1923 Birthday Rose Marie, born in New York City, actress, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show 1922 Birthday Richard Deacon, actor, Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show 1922 Birthday Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show 1912 Birthday Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show 1874 Death Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 1852 Birthday Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1823 Birthday Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer