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A 100-Year-Old Man’s Dance Video Went Viral, but His Origin Story Is Even Better

Bernard Gilbert first took up dancing after a rugby injury in 1942, and 84 years later, he’s still lighting up the floor.

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Bernard Gilbert has been dancing for 84 years and has no intention of stopping. The 100-year-old from Worcester recently went viral for the third or fourth time because the internet, for once, has decent taste.

His latest 21-second video racked up 1.5 million views, which is remarkable for anyone, let alone a centenarian foxtrotting his way through a care home common room. Bernard lives at Fernhill House Care Home in Worcester, where staff say putting on music transforms him entirely. “When he gets up, and we put that music on, that really changes him—he’s a completely different person,” said Tania........

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