Sir David Attenborough broke an impressive record by becoming the oldest Daytime Emmy Awards winner. On Friday, eight months shy of his 100th birthday, the 99-year-old won the award for his Netflix series “Secret Lives of Orangutans” (The Secret Life of Orangutans).

Attenborough beat ‘Mary Poppins’ star Dick Van Dyck, who, aged 98, broke the record last year after winning the outstanding performance award for his role in ‘Days of Our Lives’.

The series “Secret Lives of Orangutans” took home a total of three awards, including the Emmy for Best Morning Personality for David Attenborough, who was up for it along with Marvel star Anthony Mackie and Martha Stewart.

Mackie was nominated for his nature series, “Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast,” while Stewart was recognized for her series, “Martha Gardens,” in which she shares gardening tips and lessons from her farm.

The British TV presenter, documentary maker, naturalist and natural historian also beat Brad Bestenlick (Living with Leopards) as well as Andy Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North and Keirin Stone for The Fixers.

In the documentary ‘Ocean: With David Attenborough’, released on his 99th birthday in May, Sir David Attenborough lamented the current state of the world’s ecosystems but stressed that he has come to understand what the ‘most important part’ of Earth is ‘after living on this planet for nearly a hundred years’.

As he underlined, the “key” to saving the planet “is not on land, but in the sea”. “When I first saw the sea as a small boy, I saw it as a vast wilderness to be tamed and conquered for the benefit of mankind” noted. “If we save the sea, we save our world. After a lifetime of filming our planet, I’m sure nothing is more important.” he noticed.