US comedy legend Carl Reiner dead at 98

By Steve Gorman
Updated July 1 2020 - 5:31am, first published 5:28am
Comedy legend Carl Reiner won nine Emmy awards, including five for The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Comedy legend Carl Reiner won nine Emmy awards, including five for The Dick Van Dyke Show.

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.