ICONIC actor Chevy Chase has celebrated his 80th birthday surrounded by friends and family.
The National Lampoon's Vacation star blew out a candle on a chocolate dessert to the tune of Happy Birthday.
The comedian enjoyed a meal in a private room at a luxurious restaurant, with his nearest and dearest sat at the table.
Sharing a video of the occasion on Instagram, Chevy wrote: "This is 80. Thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes."
Fans flocked to the comment section, with one writing: "Happy birthday Legend. You will always be Clark W. Griswold to me."
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Another added: "My dad passed away several years ago but one of my fondest memories was the scene in Funny Farm and the sheep balls thing. My dad and I laughed til it hurt. Great memories. Happy birthday. You’re a legend!"
"Happy 80th to Da Man @chevychase You look the youngest in that group photo Many more to come," chimed a third.
"Happy Birthday Dear Chevy.. thank you for making my childhood and adulthood better that it would have been without you on the silver screen," wrote a fourth.
Chevy's wife Jayni beamed at her husband as she sang happy birthday.
The pair have been married since 1982, when they tied the knot in California.
Jayni also works in media as a coordinator and environmental activist from Los Angeles.
Jayne isn't Chevy's first wife, he was previously married before to Susan Hewitt and Jacqueline Carlin.
Chevy and Jayni met while working together on the 1981 comedy movie Under the Rainbow.
"He flirted with me and pursued me, but I didn't take it seriously," the latter recalled to This Emotional Life.
"There was some big guy coming into the production office flirting with me.
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"Then, one day, I made a rather-flip remark to him, and I looked and saw that he was hurt by it.
"And I looked in those brown eyes, and I said, 'Oh, I think there's a nice guy there...' And there is.
"He did have to pursue me because I really wasn't wanting to be in a relationship."
Chevy has four children; three daughters from his marriage to Jayni and a son named Bryan from a previous relationship.
In 1983, the couple welcomed their first daughter Cydney.
"I was really terrified," the actor remembered while his wife was expecting.
He told People: "But when Cyd came out and I saw it was a girl, I was in love immediately.
"I cut the umbilical cord and I held her for the first hour.
"When I pick her up, I’m in heaven. She seemed to know my voice because of course, I had been singing and talking to her through the belly for nine months."
In 1985, the two became parents again with the arrival of their daughter Caley.
In 1988, Chevy and Jayni welcomed their third daughter Emily.
