‘Modern Family’ Co-Creator Steve Levitan Pays Tribute to Carl Reiner and ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’

Bernadette Peters With the passing of comedy legend Carl Reiner, tributes have poured in from all over the world. Bernadette Peters spoke with Variety about her memories of growing up watching Reiner on television in Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” and in “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” then getting to work with him on the seminal 1979 comedy “The Jerk,” which Reiner directed.We’d watch Sid Caesar every Sunday night.

NEW YORK -- Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died. He was 98.

Carl Reiner‘s death, CBS will pay tribute to the comedy icon with an hourlong, colorized “Dick Van Dyke Show” special.Airing Friday, July 3 at 8/7c, the special — titled “The Dick Van Dyke Show — Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner” — will feature two episodes of the classic sitcom in which Reiner appears.First up is the Season 5 premiere, “Coast to Coast Big Mouth,” in which Mary Tyler Moore’s Laura Petrie blurts out a big secret on a nationally televised quiz show: that

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.

LOS ANGELES — 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 at age 98 of natural causes, his assistant said on Tuesday.

died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. He was 98.«Last night my dad passed away.

Dick Van Dyke shared a moving statement about Carl Reiner following the death of the comedy legend from natural causes at the age of 98 years old. “My idol, Carl Reiner, wrote about the human comedy,” Dick began his tweet. “He had a deeper understanding of the human condition, than I think even he was aware of.”

Your Show of Shows, which starred Sid Caesar, before moving on to create The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was known for his absurd comedy, laced with New York Jewish humor, and was a close friend and collaborator of Mel Brooks.

TMZ reported on Tuesday. His assistant confirmed the news to Variety, saying his death was due to natural causes.After his work on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour in the 1950s, Reiner in 1961 created one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran for five seasons and which he also acted in.

Carl Reiner, actor, writer and creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died at the age of 98. He died of natural causes on Monday at his Beverly Hills Home, his assistant confirmed to Variety.Reiner first rose to fame as a regular cast member of Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows which saw him pick up two Emmys in 1956 and 1957.

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.

TMZ report. There are no further details yet on the cause of the death of the veteran entertainer, but he had remained a very active in his later life.  In 2018, Reiner had said he wanted to 'stick around' to see Donald Trump voted out of office. The comedian, actor, director, screenwriter and publisher had an impressive career in the entertainment business that spanned seven decades. Reiner was arguably best known for creating the classic American sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, that aired from

died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. He was 98.«Last night my dad passed away.

Also Read: Carl Reiner, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' Creator and Hollywood Legend, Dies at 98“Goodbye to my greatest mentor in movies and in life,” Steve Martin tweeted on Tuesday. “Thank you, dear Carl.”“Carl Reiner made every room he walked into funnier, smarter, kinder.

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.

Another one of Hollywood’s most beloved and revered has sadly passed away.

“Carl Reiner made every room he walked into funnier, smarter, kinder. It all seemed so effortless,” George Clooney said in a statement to HollywoodLife following the death of Carl Reiner. Though Carl, 98, will forever be known as a comedy icon — creating The Dick Van Dyke Show and working alongside Mel Brooks — to his Ocean’s Eleven co-star, he was a beloved pal. “What an incredible gift he gave us all. His was a life well lived and we’re all the better for it. Rest in peace my friend.”

Variety that he died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home. His actor-director son, Rob Reiner, later paid tribute to him via Twitter, writing, “Last night my dad passed away.