Carl Reiner dead at 98

[Platapus]

That's a good long life.


Thanks for the laughs, we all needed it.

Carl Reiner, one of the original kings of comedy, who created "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and directed Steve Martin's earliest films, has died at the age of 98.
Carl Reiner's assistant, Judy Nagy, confirmed to ABC News his passing last night of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills.
Born Carlton Reiner on March 20, 1922, in New York City, Reiner showed an early interest in acting as a teenager. After serving as a radio operator in World War II, he began performing comedy at a resort in New Hampshire and later landed on Broadway in several musicals.
During the early years of television comedy, from 1950 to 1957, Reiner appeared in skits with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in "Your Show of Shows," while working alongside the show's writers Mel Brooks and Neil Simon. Later, Reiner teamed up with Brooks playing the straight man to Brook's "2000 Year Old Man" in a series of skits they performed over several decades.

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