Personal Life
Van Dyke has been married twice, and has three children from first wife Carol: daughters Jerri Lynn and Kelly Jean, and son Ronald. Kelly Jean Van Dyke, who worked in the adult film industry under the name Nancee Kelly, committed suicide in 1991, after an emotional phone call with her husband Jack Nance.
Van Dyke is the great uncle of Shane Van Dyke.
Jerry and current wife Shirley live on his 800-acre ranch near Malvern, Arkansas.
Van Dyke is an avid poker player and announced a number of poker tournaments for ESPN in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is also a 4-string banjo player with several performances on the Dick Van Dyke Show to his credit.
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