Mel Brooks pays tribute to 'best friend' Carl Reiner: 'I loved him'

Winnie Harlow shares a hug with Mohamed Hadid during a random run-in on Thursday afternoon (July 16) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

#CarlReiner has gone to that Show of Shows in the sky. I worked with him, loved him, and consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world to have once attended lunch with his hilarious, guarrulous gang…Carl’s old pal, Alan Alda, shared a photo of the pair with another comedy genius, Mel Brooks, and captioned it, “His talent will live on for a long time, but the loss of his kindness and decency leaves a hole in our hearts.

Carl Reiner, the creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died at the age of 98. Entertainment Tonight says that the acclaimed director/actor passed away on Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills.

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died Monday night at the age of 98.“Carl was a giant, unmatched in his contributions to entertainment,” Brooks said in a tweet. “He created comedy gems like ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ ‘The Jerk’ and ‘Where’s Poppa?’ I met him in 1950 when he joined Sid Caesar on ‘Your Show of Shows’ and we’ve been best friends ever since.

LOS ANGELES -- “I met him in 1950 when he joined Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows and we’ve been best friends ever since. I loved him.

Kate Aurthur editorThe web series “Dispatches From Quarantine” — which has been chronicling the coronavirus quarantines of famous entertainers as they stay at home — featured what turned out to be Carl Reiner’s final interview.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorMel Brooks, whose close friendship with the late Carl Reiner stretched back to the 1950s, has posted a tribute to his old Your Show of Shows costar. “Carl was a giant,” said Brooks on Twitter, “unmatched in his contributions to entertainment.

Russell Crowe has paid tribute to comedian, director and actor Carl Reiner, describing him as “a gem” following his death aged 98.

“I loved Carl [Reiner] dearly,” Betty White, 98, said in a statement to HollywoodLife following the news that Carl Reiner, 98, had passed away in his Beverly Hills. “[It was] a Privilege working with him…He was always fun to be with as he always had something funny in his head…..I am heartbroken.”

Carl Reiner has died at the age of 98.The actor, director, and producer passed away on Monday night (June 29, 2020) at his Beverly Hills home, his assistant Judy Nagy confirmed to Variety.Reiner starred in films like It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World, and The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, and late in life, as Saul Bloom in the Ocean’s Eleven series.After being cast alongside Brooks in 1950s variety TV show Your Show of Shows, the pair formed a comedy duo best known for their

Long before Jerry Seinfeld reimagined television comedy in the late 1980s, there was Carl Reiner – a Bronx-born Jewish writer and actor who actually helped invent the medium back in television’s early golden age. Carl Reiner’s death on Monday in Beverly Hills at the age of 98 marks another passing of a legend from another time, an era when Americans, while disparate in their politics, were largely united in their humor.

By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carl Reiner, a driving force in American comedy as a writer for television pioneer Sid Caesar, partner of Mel Brooks and creator and co-star of the classic sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show," has died.

Carl Reiner, who died Monday at the age of 98. Reiner, a nine-time Emmy winner who shaped TV comedy when he created The Dick Van Dyke Show, was a titan of show business.

Hollywood took to social media on Tuesday morning to mourn the death of Carl Reiner, who died Monday night at the age of 98. The writer, director and actor was known for creating The Dick Van Dyke Show and his work with Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks as well as jump-starting Steve Martin's big-screen career by directing him in The Jerk.

came to an end Monday when he died at his home in Beverly Hills.But the Bronx-born 98-year-old’s legacy will live on forever.Born on March 20, 1922, to Jewish immigrants from Austria and Romania, Reiner, a true Renaissance man, made a permanent imprint on American comedy.The nine-time Emmy-winning and Grammy-winning entertainment icon acted in over 40 films, held countless TV roles – including the part of TV variety show host Alan Brady on the “The Dick Van Dyke Show” — directed 15 movies, and

Celebrities were quick to take to Twitter to pay their respects to Hollywood legend Carl Reiner. Best known for his work on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Reiner died in Beverly Hills at age 98 due to natural causes, his assistant Judy Nagy confirmed to Fox News Tuesday.