Comedy legend Carl Reiner, creator of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', dead at 98


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In this Oct. 3,1977 file photo, writer-director Carl Reiner appears during an interview about his movie 'Oh God!' in New York. Reiner died of natural causes on Monday night, June 29,2020, at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 98. Photo: AP

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.

Reiner’s assistant Judy Nagy said he died Monday night of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

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