Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke Show Creator, Dead at 98

Carl Reiner has handed away.

The Hollywood legend and creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show died Monday evening at the age of 98. Reiner’s assistant confirmed his passing to Variety, sharing that he died of pure causes at his dwelling in Beverly Hills. Reiner, a nine-time Emmy winner, is the daddy of actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner.

“Final evening my dad handed away. As I write this my coronary heart is hurting,” Rob tweeted Monday morning. “He was my guiding mild.”

Reiner, who was additionally an actor, director and author, acquired his first Emmy win in 1957 for Greatest Supporting Efficiency by an Actor for his work in Caesar’s Hour. The next yr, Reiner as soon as once more received for Caesar’s Hour within the Greatest Persevering with Supporting Efficiency by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Collection class.

In 1962, 1963 and 1964, Reiner received Excellent Writing Achievement in Comedy at the Emmys for The Dick Van Dyke Show. Within the years to comply with, Reiner would win two extra awards for his work on the collection. Reiner additionally scored Emmy wins within the Excellent Writing Achievement in Selection class for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Particular, in addition to the Excellent Visitor Actor in a Comedy Collection for his work on Mad About You.