Happy 98th Birthday To Waukesha's 'Dancing Chuck'

WAUKESHA, WI— A World War II veteran who went viral as "Dancing Chuck," is celebrating his birthday on Tuesday. Chuck Franzke, of Waukesha, made another dancing video to celebrate his 98th birthday.

In the video posted by the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, Franzke is holding a faux newspaper headline. He gets up out of his chair and starts dancing to a Christmas tune. The first dance that Franzke recorded with SSHF was in December 2016.

Karyn Roelke of SSHF said:

"When I was taping veterans' messages of thanks to our volunteers. I needed something fun for the credits of the video I was making and had seen Chuck dancing around his living room so I asked if he would dance for the camera to Christmas music. He enthusiastically complied and we had so much fun with it that we decided to make it an annual event. Every year he gets a bit more popular, and his extra "pandemic dance" on his front step last spring was seen and shared by millions worldwide."

This past April, the dancing vet did a dance video to Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling." The video went viral and even Timberlake said in an online interview he became choked up after watching it.