[2] Her only sibling, Benjamin Van Dyke III, was killed in an auto accident near Salinas, California, in 1969.

She co-starred in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings with Burt Reynolds, and in Framed, with Joe Don Baker, both in 1975.

In 2008 she made a return to network television, guest-starring on Cold Case; she appeared on CSI the following year.

[3] Shortly after her return to television in 2008, Van Dyke suffered a massive stroke, which left her partially paralyzed and marked the beginning of her retirement.

[citation needed] Van Dyke died of complications from vascular dementia in Los Angeles, on November 11, 2023, at the age of 78.