NEW YORK (AP) – Cue the theme music: Dick Van Dyke is writing a memoir.

The star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and such films as “Mary Poppins” and “Bye, Bye Birdie” will tell of his long career in a memoir scheduled to be published in the fall of 2010 by Harmony Books, which announced the release Monday.

The 83-year-old Van Dyke is also known for the TV series “Diagnosis: Murder” and for the movies “Night at the Museum” and “Curious George.”

The book is currently untitled.

and financial terms were not disclosed. Harmony Books is an imprint of Random House Inc.


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