'The Jerk' Co-writer Michael Elias on Lessons Learned From Carl Reiner: "He Was Always Teaching Me"

Carl Reiner may be gone, but the late Hollywood actor gave one special last performance before his death. The 98-year-old actor and his son, Rob Reiner, recorded the closing scene in the homemade, fan-created version of for Quibi.Carl stars as the storytelling grandfather, played by Peter Falk in the 1987 original.

Carl Reiner was working right to the end.

When I started my career, Carl's legacy taught me that if I could have one career, his was the one that I would emulate because he did a little bit of everything. He showed me that comedy doesn't have to be nasty to be funny, that it just has to be smart and real and based in the truth.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorAnnie Reiner, daughter of Carl Reiner, tweeted Friday pointed remarks against President Trump on her late father’s account. She said on her late father’s behalf that “he would disappointed not to have lived to see Trump’s eviction from the White House [and] to make America safe again for honor and truth.

Filmmaker Rob Reiner is leading the tributes to his comedy icon father Carl Reiner following his death late on Monday.

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.

#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.

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

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.

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

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.”

“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.”

Romy Reiner, the granddaughter of the late comedy legend Carl Reiner, found out her grandfather had passed away via a report released from TMZ this morning.

Carl Reiner’s son Rob Reiner is leading tributes to the late comedy pioneer following his death at the age of 98.Reiner died on Monday at his home in Beverly Hills, California.Rob Reiner, himself an award-winning comedia, actor, and filmmaker, tweeted on Tuesday: “Last night my dad passed away.“As I write this my heart is hurting.

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.

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