Carl Reiner Dead at 98
Source: TMZ
Carl Reiner, one of the most prolific entertainers in the history of show business has died ... TMZ has learned.
We're told Reiner died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. We're told his family was with him when he passed.
Reiner was a producer. He was also a director. He was also an actor. He was also a Grammy winner. He won 9 Emmys in over 7 decades. He has more than 400 credit
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JenniferJuniper
(4,496 posts)RIP, sir.
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)Sorry he isnt with us to celebrate the election victory
hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)I adore you Carl RIP.
pandr32
(11,447 posts)So sad. We'll have to make it happen for him.
He was the real deal.
Initech
(99,913 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Hotler
(11,353 posts)RIP Sir.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)He seemed immortal!
😪
Botany
(70,291 posts)Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)He was good-to-go right up to the last minute, sounds like
Well take care of bunkerboi and his buddies for you, no worries
Thank you, good sir, we owe you a lifetime of both debt and gratitude
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)a few days ago. How sad!!!! I loved him on Johnny Carson...always funny!
Duppers
(28,094 posts)Great pic!
Edited to correct her name.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)An incredibly talented human being.
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)ancianita
(35,812 posts)You gave us a sympathy for cleverness, and taught me a lot about humorous perspective.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)mcar
(42,210 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)dlk
(11,432 posts)May he rest in peace
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)he had said on Twitter that his one remaining wish was to live long enough to see Trump beaten in 2020. I'm so sad that he missed out on that one.
RIP
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,379 posts)His body of work was amazing.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Such a talent. I wanted him to be here to celebrate President Biden's win. Deepest sympathy to Rob and his siblings.
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,398 posts)Love and peace to Rob Reiner and the rest of his family and friends.
blogslut
(37,955 posts)StarryNite
(9,363 posts)Crowman2009
(2,478 posts)R.I.P.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)bobbieinok
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Their show, Show of Shows, was a blast. I loved it, and was so sad when it went off the air.
Eta---And how could I ever forget The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!
SergeStorms
(18,886 posts)who had an amazing career. You did damned good in life, Carl. Damned good!
MLAA
(17,163 posts)The bachelor party with Carl, Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence and Gary Marshall on Two and 1/2 men.
crickets
(25,896 posts)He left an indelible imprint in comedy and gave us so much joy and laughter over so many years. Carl, we will miss you so much. It's not quite the same, but thanks for leaving us so many ways to visit you when we need a smile.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,297 posts)Just seeing this.
What a loss. And he was still commenting right to the end.
R.I.P. and what a legacy.
yuiyoshida
(41,759 posts)cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)Oh Carl.
Marcuse
(7,392 posts)iluvtennis
(19,757 posts)all of us when trump is voted out in Nov 2020.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)The guy did absolutely everything (from TV and movie writing, directing and acting to writing for MAD magazine), and he was good at ALL of it. He was an absolute comedy giant.
I'm sorry he couldn't stick around to see Traitor Trump evicted from the White House. Our greatest tribute to Carl Reiner would be to make sure that we do that for him.
maxsolomon
(32,983 posts)RIP.
Martin Eden
(12,802 posts)I know he was looking forward to Trump going down in flames just over four months from now.
Bayard
(21,803 posts)We will miss you, Carl.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' has left us.
MissMillie
(38,452 posts)But for making us think.
RIP
You will be missed
dhill926
(16,234 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)I went to interview him at his home in Beverly Hills. I was led to a large, sunny indoor terrace that had the usual large sofas and chairs and lovely decor, and a small bar in one corner - as every home had, years ago. There was always a bar area with a counter and sink, cabinets for all kinds of cocktail glasses and bottles of fine liquor for entertaining, drawers for knives and stirring and mixing utensils.
And at one point in the interview he got up from where he was seated and asked if I'd like an egg cream.
Okay, an egg cream with Carl Reiner. I had a moment there - what a perfect existential moment with someone like Carl Reiner - to toast with an egg cream. Which he was about to produce - homemade. By him. So I rolled tape on it, leaning in over the bar with my microphone. And he described the how-to steps as he worked. So I got the sound of the spoon stirring the mix inside the glass. And he then he took the spoon and tasted it. Pronounced it fit. And then he stuck the same spoon back down into the mix and stirred it a final time. Just like your dad might have done. And then the pouring. And we toasted. And yep, it tasted like an official regulation egg cream. Handmade by "ol' Uncle Carl." With an ever so slight dash of spit.
I thought - I have just gone to Borscht Belt/Show of Shows Heaven.
God bless you, Carl Reiner! He's probably designed a special house in heaven with an in-home entertainment area for doing shows and comedy bits, screening room for the films He'll want you to make, AND the corner bar for the blending of heavenly egg creams - that He will want you personally to stir up for Him. And don't forget to share the spoon!
Duppers
(28,094 posts)Thanks for sharing, calimary.
He was, in person, as I imagined he would've been - warm, welcoming, kind.
calimary
(80,693 posts)at family get-togethers. The affable old gent with the twinkle in his eye, and he'd always be ready to make you egg creams!
DAMN I hate it that he's gone.
DAMN.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)Rob, we will miss your dad.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,070 posts)I'll still miss him.
area51
(11,868 posts)RIP
Behind the Aegis
(53,829 posts)He will be remembered fondly in our home.
Until the last day of his life, Carl Reiner was tweeting about some of his favorite topics: politics, comedy and the twists and turns he experienced over decades as one of the worlds greatest living funnymen.
Reiner died Monday at 98, hours after reiterating his dismay that Donald Trump had become president, days after posing with his daughter Annie and longtime friend Mel Brooks in Black Lives Matter shirts and 70 years after his first television appearance.
The Bronx native, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, called himself a Jewish atheist and said his faith in God had ended with the Holocaust. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he began a long and varied show business career. He created The Dick Van Dyke Show, formed a comedy duo with Brooks that was highlighted in their album the 2000 Year Old Man, wrote screenplays for Steve Martin films including The Jerk and, in his later years, voiced characters in animated films.
In a 2015 documentary about longevity that Reiner hosted, he offered his own secrets for long life.
The key to longevity, he said, is to interact with other people.
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NBachers
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with us.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Response to packman (Original post)
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cigsandcoffee
(2,300 posts)oasis
(49,151 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)oasis
(49,151 posts)again, mahalo.
Cha
(295,899 posts)I thought you would like that.
Such a talented sweet caring man.. I thought of that tweet of his often and was hoping he would make it.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)I will say, "This is in honor of you, Carl"
yes indeed
vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Carl had the best characters in those movies. RIP Carl. Thanks for being awesome